Legal Opinion

Weeks v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 22, 2013No. 2012-KA-00988-SCTPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Malcolm Weeks Sr. was indicted and tried for sexually abusing his fourteen-year-old daughter. He was convicted of one count of child fondling and two counts of sexual battery.1 On appeal, Malcolm asserts three assignments of error: 1) that the State was permitted to substantively amend his indictment; 2) that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdicts; and 3) that the jury’s verdicts were against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Malcolm Weeks Sr. and his wife “Sarah” have two children, “Wesley” and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  2. McClain v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Montgomery v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Patton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Burleson v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2015
  2. Ford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  3. Hopkins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Earl Young a/k/a Earl Montreal Young v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2023
  5. Earnest Mayfield a/k/a Ernest Mayfield v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2025

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