McDAVID v. STATE

No. 90-KA-0616.

594 So.2d 12 (1992)

Darrell McDavid v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Holmes, Jackson, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Darrell McDavid appeals his conviction of the sale of cocaine for which he was sentenced as a habitual offender under Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-81 (Supp. 1990) to thirty years in prison without possibility of probation or parole. For the reasons set out below, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

On February 8, 1989, Officer Beverly Harris of the Jackson Police Department was working undercover...

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