LIDDELL v. STATE

No. 2008-KA-00021-SCT.

7 So.3d 217 (2009)

Brenda LIDDELL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Daniel Hinchcliff, Leslie S. Lee, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, attorney for appellee.

Before WALLER, C.J., DICKINSON and LAMAR, JJ.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In this felony drug-sale case, the defendant claims she received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. Because we find her trial counsel's actions fell within the large ambit of "reasonable professional assistance," we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Agent Luis Hawkins, Tunica Police Officer Chris Smith, and a confidential informant ("C.I.") set...

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