Turner v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
LAMAR, Justice,
for the Court.
¶ 1. Cora Ann Turner is before this Court appealing her conviction for the sale of cocaine. Turner argues that the trial court erred in admitting evidence, claiming the State failed to establish chain of custody. Finding no error, we affirm the trial court.
FACTS
¶ 2. On July 17, 2007, a jury found Turner guilty of selling and delivering cocaine to a confidential informant, Joseph Anthony Kirkley. 1 Kirkley, a recovering drug addict, was working with the Warren County Sheriffs Department as a confidential informant. On September 15, 2005, Mike Traxler, an…
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