Gaston v. State

562 So.2d 61 (1990)

Carter GASTON, III

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-KA-59322.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 18, 1990.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1990.

A. Lee Abraham, Jr., Preston Davis Rideout, Jr., Abraham & Rideout, Greenwood, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Carter Gaston, III, owned and operated the Westside Beer Barn in Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi.

On April 15, 1983, Ollie White, an undercover police officer, and Otha Cole, a…