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Butler v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1991No. 89-KA-0028PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

592 So.2d 983 (1991)

Robert BUTLER, Sr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-KA-0028.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1991.

Travis T. Vance, Jr., Vicksburg, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and McRAE, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

Robert Butler, Sr., has been convicted of the sale of cocaine, and the question of consequence is whether the prosecution sufficiently proved the state-crime-lab chemically-tested-and-certified cocaine offered at trial came from Butler's hands.…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Minnick v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. McFee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Minnick v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Ormond v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Spann v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Stromas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Baker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Sewell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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