Jones v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

¶ 1. Patrick Jones was indicted on one count of vehicular homicide in Bolivar County Circuit Court. Jones was accused of causing an automobile accident while under the influence of cocaine which resulted in the death of Emma Powell. Jones was convicted and received a sentence of twenty years with five years suspended. Jones appealed, and the appeal was assigned to the Court of Appeals which affirmed. Jones v. State, ___ So.2d ___, 2003 WL 21005836 (Miss.Ct.App. 2003). This Court granted certiorari to consider the application of the physician-patient privilege in criminal…