Blackman v. State

659 So.2d 583 (1995)

Billy BLACKMAN, a/k/a Billy Blackmon

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 91-KA-00966-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 3, 1995.

George T. Holmes, Jackson, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., John R. Henry, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and BANKS and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

This is an all too routine cocaine possession case which we are compelled to reverse because of a transgression of our evidentiary rules by the prosecuting attorney.

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The facts are simple but disputed as to Blackmon's…