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ASHFORD v. STATE

No. 90-KA-0233.

583 So.2d 1279 (1991)

Herbert Ray ASHFORD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark G. Williamson, Ward & Williamson, Starkville, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Today's appeal challenges that we take seriously that constitutionally-mandated and often controversial rule that no person shall be convicted of a crime save the evidence establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The case for the prosecution in this sale of cocaine case rests solely on the eyewitness identification of a paid confidential informant. Major discrepancies between the description the informant gave...

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