Legal Opinion

Shields v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1998No. 97-KA-00612-SCTPublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

722 So.2d 584 (1998)

Clonelle SHIELDS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 97-KA-00612-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 15, 1998.

Richard Flood, Ridgeland, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred, III, Attorney for Appellee.

En Banc.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1. Clonelle Shields, "a.k.a. Stank", was indicted and found guilty of aggravated assault. The evidence demonstrated only simple assault; but, Shields was not indicted for simple assault, nor was the jury instructed on simple assault. The State concedes that the trial judge erred and argues…

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2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Rutledge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Heidel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. State v. ByrdSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  4. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. United States v. Sylvia Vasquez-Chan, United States of America v. Julia Gaxiola-CastilloCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. Wade v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. State v. SanseverinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
  3. State v. SanseverinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
  4. State v. VillaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2004
  5. State v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2004

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