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BARNETTE v. STATE

No. 55139.

481 So.2d 788 (1985)

Hernando BARNETTE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon A. Swartzfager, Laurel, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner and Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the court:

In the fall of 1981, Reginald Gage was engaged in undercover operations in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. On October 21, 1981, Gage purchased from Hernando Barnette some alleged cocaine for $45.00. The purchase took place at the Union Club, a nightclub in Jones County, Mississippi.

This purchase resulted in Barnette being indicted in the fall of 1982 for selling cocaine. The trial...

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