Valentine v. State

396 So.2d 15 (1981)

Doyle VALENTINE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52567.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 25, 1981.

Thomas Tucker Buchanan, Billie J. Graham, Laurel, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Karen A. Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and WALKER and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Cross-examination limitations imposed by the trial judge to shield an undercover agent while on the witness stand from interrogation by defense counsel highlight this cause. Sale of marijuana is the offense for which Doyle Valentine (defendant) was convicted in…