Estes v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. On April 9, 2006, Donald Foster Estes entered the Walgreen’s pharmacy in Olive Branch, Mississippi. He approached the counter, lifted his shirt to show the pharmacist a plastic toy pistol, and demanded that she give him the painkiller Lortab. She gave Estes the Lortab, and he exited the store.

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