Dumas v. State

806 So.2d 1009 (2000)

Johnny DUMAS a/k/a Johnny M. Dumas

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1999-KA-00243-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 30, 2000.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 2000.

Azki Shah, Clarksdale, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, Attorney for Appellee.

PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE

¶ 1. On June 9, 1997, Johnny Dumas ("Dumas") was indicted on thirteen separate counts of "unlawfully, wilfully, and feloniously taking an amount greater than the amount won at the game of blackjack" at the Lady Luck Casino in Coahoma…