WRIGHT v. STATE

No. 45686.

231 So.2d 777 (1970)

Billy Gray WRIGHT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garner, Whitten, May & Garner, Hernando, Arthur Huggins, Southaven, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Velia Ann Mayer, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.

Billy Gray Wright, appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County of the illegal possession of gambling devices, in violation of Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 2192 (1956).

This case is controlled by the decision of the Court in Presley v. State, 229 So.2d 830, decided December 22, 1969. It was there held that an agent of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the State...

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