Legal Opinion
White v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 1999No. 97-KA-01239-SCTPublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
742 So.2d 1126 (1999)
Earnest E. WHITE a/k/a Earnest Edward White
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 97-KA-01239-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 24, 1999.
Charles E. Miller, McComb, Attorney for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Jolene M. Lowry, Attorney for Appellee.
EN BANC.
WALLER, Justice, for the Court:
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
¶ 1. Earnest E. White was indicted for unlawful sale of cocaine within 1,500 feet of a church, in violation of Miss.Code Ann. §§ 41-29-139 and -142 (1993) for his sale of $40 worth of crack cocaine to a confidential informant. The jury returned a verdict of guilty…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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