McCollum v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

¶ 1. Alfred McCollum was convicted of the sale of cocaine andsentenced to serve a term of nine years in the custody of theMississippi Department of Corrections. McCollum appealed, and hiscase was assigned to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed hisconviction. Because the trial court erred when it refusedMcCollum's entrapment instruction, we reverse and remand for a newtrial.

FACTS

¶ 2. On May 27, 1996, Wayne Muscio, an officer with the Collins, Mississippi Police Department was working undercover posing as a drug purchaser. Muscio was working in conjunction with Sergeant…