Legal Opinion

Ames v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided March 17, 2009No. 2007-KA-01834-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Tony Ames was convicted in the Lowndes County Circuit Court of Count I, armed robbery, and Count II, aggravated assault. The circuit court sentenced him to sixteen years on Count I and ten years on Count II, with said sentences to run concurrently. Aggrieved by his convictions, Ames appeals. Ames asserts the following alleged points of error:

I. The circuit court erred by denying a directed verdict on the armed robbery charge, and neither of his convictions was supported by the weight of the evidence.

II. He was entitled to a lesser-included offense instruction on…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Herring v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Conner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
  2. Truelove v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  4. Arnold Bailey v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016

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