Crawford v. State

787 So.2d 1236 (2001)

Charles Ray CRAWFORD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 1998-KA-01682-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 26, 2001.

Clive A. Stafford Smith, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, Attorney for Appellee.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., and COBB and DIAZ, JJ.

COBB, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Charles Ray Crawford is before this Court appealing the judgment of the Lafayette County Circuit Court based on a jury verdict which found him guilty of aggravated assault after a four day trial. On May 21, 1993, the circuit judge sentenced Crawford to twenty (20) years…