Legal Opinion
Barnette v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 1985No. 55139PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
481 So.2d 788 (1985)
Hernando BARNETTE
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 55139.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
December 4, 1985.
Jon A. Swartzfager, Laurel, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner and Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
SULLIVAN, Justice, for the court:
In the fall of 1981, Reginald Gage was engaged in undercover operations in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. On October 21, 1981, Gage purchased from Hernando Barnette some alleged cocaine for $45.00. The purchase took place at the Union…
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