John Ashley Hale v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, Chief Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. John Ashley Hale was convicted of four counts of sale or transfer , of a controlled substance and was sentenced as an habitual offender to serve a total of sixteen years’ imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On appeal, Hale, represented by the Office of Indigent Appeals, argues that , the trial court erred- in denying his proffered jury instructions on the defenses of involuntary intoxication and . entrapment. Hale also has filed a pro se supplemental brief, in which he raises various other issues. Finding no error, we affirm Hale’s…
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