TORRENCE v. STATE

No. 51720.

380 So.2d 248 (1980)

William Ray TORRENCE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Kelley, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and WALKER and LEE, JJ.


WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, wherein the defendant, William Ray Torrence, was indicted, tried and convicted of the unlawful sale of marijuana and sentenced to serve a term of five years imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and to pay a fine of $1,500.00.

The defendant contends that a police informer supplied the narcotics...

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