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Ward v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 30, 1985No. 55462PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

479 So.2d 713 (1985)

Melvin WARD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55462.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 30, 1985.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1985.

Isaac K. Byrd, Jr., Owens & Byrd, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The original opinion is withdrawn and this opinion is substituted.

The sufficiency of an indictment to support a charge of aggravated assault is the question presented by this appeal. The appellant, Melvin E. Ward, was convicted in…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Shanklin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Robinson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Hickombottom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Craft v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Pierce v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1974

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Turner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. State v. BerryhillMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Hodges v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Stevens v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Griffin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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