Legal Opinion
Tate v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 2001No. 1999-KM-01325-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
784 So.2d 208 (2001)
Roy A. TATE
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 1999-KM-01325-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 3, 2001.
Ross R. Barnett, Jr., Jackson, Attorney for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General, by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.
EN BANC.
MILLS, J., for the Court:
INTRODUCTION
¶ 1. Roy A. Tate appeals his conviction for simple assault in the Sunflower County Circuit Court.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
¶ 2. Roy A. Tate, an 81-year-old resident of Huntsville, Alabama, owns twenty catfish ponds in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Tate visited Sunflower County on June 8, 1998, and learned that…
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