Liddell v. State

DICKINSON, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. In this felony drug-sale case, the defendant claims she received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. Because we find her trial counsel’s actions fell within the large ambit of “reasonable professional assistance,” we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Agent Luis Hawkins, Tunica Police Officer Chris Smith, and a confidential informant (“C.I.”) set up a drug buy at Brenda Lid-dell’s home. The officers equipped the C.I. with a camera and microphone and sent him to Liddell’s home to buy an ounce of cocaine.…