DePRIEST v. STATE

No. 51411.

377 So.2d 615 (1979)

Edward DePRIEST v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farese, Farese & Farese, John Booth Farese, Ashland, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and BROOM and COFER, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Edward DePriest and James Crockett were jointly indicted in the Circuit Court of Lee County for the sale of "a quantity of Phenmetrazine, a Schedule II drug under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act of the State of Mississippi", to Shirlene Anderson, an undercover agent of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.

After a full trial, the jury returned a verdict of "guilty as charged" against Edward DePriest. When the...

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