Legal Opinion
Tony Swinney v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 11, 2018No. 2016–KA–00469–SCTPublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT
¶ 1. On April 2, 2015, Audrey Swinney drove her brother Tony Swinney and their cousin LaMarvin Swinney to rob Bullets, a convenience store in Flora, Mississippi. Tony and his cousin LaMarvin entered the store and robbed Pyare Lal, the seventy-three-year-old proprietor of the store.
¶ 2. On May 6, 2015, a grand jury indicted Tony for robbery with an enhancement for a crime committed against a victim of sixty-five years of age or older, and conspiracy to commit robbery. On October 27, 2015, a Madison County jury found Tony guilty on both counts. The trial court…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by43 opinions
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