Washington v. State

341 So.2d 663 (1977)

Clarence WASHINGTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49433.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 26, 1977.

Hermel Johnson, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, P.J., and SMITH and LEE, JJ.

PATTERSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

Clarence Washington was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for the sale of heroin, a controlled substance. He was sentenced to fifteen years in the state penitentiary and fined $1000.

In April 1975, two agents of the…