Peterson v. State

518 So.2d 632 (1987)

Henry PETERSON a/k/a Nene

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57310.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 16, 1987.

Howard Dyer, III, Rabun Jones, Dyer, Dyer, Dyer & Jones, Greenville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Pat Flynn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Henry Peterson was charged with selling more than one ounce of marijuana to Donna Connor, an agent of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. He was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County,…