Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided April 11, 2006No. 2005-KA-00978-COAPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
926 So.2d 269 (2006)
Debra Fay VAUGHN, Appellant
v.
STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
No. 2005-KA-00978-COA.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
April 11, 2006.
David Clay Vanderburg, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
BARNES, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. Debra Fay Vaughn appeals her conviction in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County for aggravated assault, assigning as error the trial court's failure to issue a peremptory instruction regarding self-defense. Throughout the trial, Vaughn contended that she stabbed Lashondra Taylor in self-defense;…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Herring v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
- Hawthorne v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- Holloman v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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3Cited by14 opinions
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