Legal Opinion

Bacon v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided February 27, 2007No. 2005-KA-01057-COAPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CHANDLER, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. After a jury trial, Stephen Rashad Bacon was found guilty of fleeing a law officer in a motor vehicle. The Circuit Court of Leake County sentenced Bacon to serve three years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and to pay a fine of $1,500. Bacon appeals, arguing that the indictment omitted two essential elements of the crime charged and that the statutory subsection under which he was charged is unconstitutionally vague.

¶ 2. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 3. The following facts were brought out at the trial. Former Walnut Grove Chief…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Byrom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Fleming v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Spicer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Havard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Lambert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by1 opinion

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