Opinion ID: 1829489
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Text: Charles Johns was indicted on August 25, 1988, in Pearl River County for the sale of cocaine in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-139(a)(1) and (b)(1) (1972, as amended), a schedule II controlled substance under Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-115(A)(a)(4), and as a second and subsequent offender under section 41-29-147. [1] After a jury trial, he was convicted and sentenced to twenty-seven (27) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDC). Due to the convicted accomplice's testimony concerning her conviction on the same offense, and the ineffective assistance rendered by trial counsel, this Court reverses the conviction and remands for a new trial.