Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided November 26, 2002No. 2001-KA-01662-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

SOUTHWICK, P.J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. Ronnie Ringo Davis was convicted of two counts of sale of cocaine by a circuit court jury. Davis appeals and argues that there was no proof that what he sold was cocaine. The issue concerns the breadth of a stipulation that trial counsel entered. We find that the stipulation did include acknowledgment that the substance was cocaine. Therefore, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. Ronnie Ringo Davis was videotaped by an undercover drug enforcement officer offering crack cocaine for sale. Davis participated in two drug sales with the officer, both recorded. At trial, the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Groseclose v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1999

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