Turner v. State

LEE, J.,

for the court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND FACTS

¶ 1. Curtis Turner, while being taped and watched by undercover agents in a “sting” operation, was arrested for selling cocaine to a confidential informant. On April 14, 2000, a jury in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County found Turner guilty of the sale of cocaine. Turner was sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with five years suspended. Turner was also ordered to pay a five thousand dollar fine and be placed on five years’ post-release supervision. Turner appeals his conviction, raising the…