Wilson v. State

592 So.2d 993 (1991)

Dwight D. WILSON a/k/a Beemon

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-KA-0866.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1991.

Joseph A. Kieronski, Jr., William B. Jacob, Daniel P. Self, Jr., Self & Jacob, Meridian, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and SULLIVAN and McRAE, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Dwight D. Wilson a/k/a Beemon was convicted by a jury of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, for feloniously selling cocaine to Lawrence Vaughn, a Meridian Police Officer, in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-139(a)(1) (Supp. 1991),…