AINSWORTH v. STATE

No. 48143.

304 So.2d 656 (1974)

Ernie Ree AINSWORTH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart & Burks, Picayune, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Ben H. Walley, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Pete J. Cajoleas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


SUGG, Justice:

Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Pearl River County for the sale of marijuana and sentenced to serve 10 years in the State Penitentiary.

Defendant contends that the verdict of the jury was against the overwhelming weight of evidence. He admitted making the sale as charged but relied on entrapment as a defense which was submitted to the jury under proper instructions and rejected. The defense of entrapment, like any other affirmative...

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