Waldrop v. State

This case, involving the manufacture of methamphetamine, a schedule II controlled substance, comes to the Court from the Circuit Court of Leake County. Upon conviction, the trial court sentenced the defendant, Ray M. Waldrop, to serve thirty (30) years without benefit of probation or parole. We reverse.

On September 14, 1984, Leake County Sheriff Joe Mack Thaggard and four state criminal investigators, arrested Ray M. Waldrop on a parole violation, pursuant to a teletype from the National Crime Information Center, (NCIC). Prior to the arrest, police also had information that Waldrop was an…