Legal Opinion
Brown v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 20, 2008No. 2007-KA-00420-SCTPublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
995 So.2d 698 (2008)
Jureka BROWN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2007-KA-00420-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 20, 2008.
Leslie S. Lee, Jackson, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by: Deirdre McCrory, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
DIAZ, Presiding Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. This is a case involving a conviction for the sale of a controlled substance and an ensuing sentence enhancement determined not by a jury but by a trial judge.
¶ 2. On February 8, 2002, in conjunction with the Pearl River Basin Narcotics Task Force (hereinafter "the Task Force"), a police informant…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- United States v. CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
29 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by131 opinions
- Hearn v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
- Conners v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
- Moffett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
- Corrothers v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2014
- Murrell v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2010
126 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.