Legal Opinion · Dissent

Lee v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided May 4, 1999No. 98-KA-00131-COAPublished

1DissentIrving, J.

¶ 12. I respectfully dissent from the majority’s affirmance of Lee’s conviction and sentence because in my opinion, he presented un-rebutted testimony that the cocaine was supplied by a confidential informant and this testimony was not unreasonable or improbable on its face. The sole issue presented by Lee, taken verbatim from his brief, is:

WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN NOT FINDING THAT LARRY LEE WAS ENTRAPPED AS A MATTER OF LAW GIVEN HIS UNCONTRADICTED TESTIMONY THAT THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT SUPPLIED TO HIM DRUGS THAT WERE LATER PURCHASED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

¶ 13. Entrapment is a defense…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Hopson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Tanner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Jones v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Sylar v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976

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