Ex Parte Vaughn

On December 18, 2000, Elvin Ray Vaughn was indicted by a Lauderdale County grand jury on three counts of attempted murder and three counts of assault in the second degree. Vaughn pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on all counts. On August 31, 2001, a jury convicted Vaughn of one count of attempted murder and two counts of assault in the third degree. The trial court sentenced him to 25 years' imprisonment for the attempted-murder conviction and 12 months' imprisonment for each assault conviction, the sentences to be served concurrently, and imposed…