Jackson v. State

645 So.2d 921 (1994)

Duan Lewis JACKSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 92-KA-00557.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 10, 1994.

James H. Powell, III, Durant, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., W. Glenn Watts, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and SULLIVAN and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

INTRODUCTION

Duan Lewis Jackson was convicted in the Holmes County Circuit Court of selling cocaine and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. At trial, Jackson presented an alibi defense, offering a number of witnesses who…