Legal Opinion
Taggart v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 2007No. 2006-KA-00704-SCTPublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
957 So.2d 981 (2007)
Leon D. TAGGART
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2006-KA-00704-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 7, 2007.
David Clay Vanderburg, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Deshun Terrell Martin, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
CARLSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Leon D. Taggart went to trial in DeSoto County Circuit Court on a multicount indictment charging him with house burglary, rape, kidnapping and armed robbery. The jury found Taggart not guilty of house burglary; however, the jury found Taggart guilty of rape, kidnapping and armed robbery. At the conclusion…
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