Washington v. State

PATTERSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court.

Clarence Washington was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for the sale of heroin, a controlled substance. He was sentenced to fifteen years in the state penitentiary and fined $1000.

In April 1975, two agents of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics were assigned to the Presidential Hills area of the city of Jackson. Working incognito they sought out illicit drug dealers.

On April 10, 1975, the agents were invited to Clarence Washington’s home where he told them of a “friend” from whom heroin could be…