Middlebrook v. State

Today's appellant is a petty pot pusher, who challenges his conviction for sale of marijuana and presents questions regarding the fairness of his trial. First, he urges that the prosecution violated its duty to disclose in pre-trial discovery the name of a confidential informant. Second, he challenges use of a tape-recording of the illegal transaction as evidence against him at trial.

We find no error requiring reversal.

II

On the evening of June 25, 1986, Officer James Kitchens of the Collins Police Department was operating as an undercover narcotics investigator in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.…