Van Buren v. State

498 So.2d 1224 (1986)

Apprilla VAN BUREN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56359.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 26, 1986.

Bentley E. Conner, Canton, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ANDERSON, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal is taken from the Circuit Court of Madison County wherein Apprilla Van Buren was convicted of vote fraud under Miss. Code Ann. § 23-9-703 (Supp. 1985). She was sentenced to serve 2 years and 6 months with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.…