Trevioun Lamont Cornelius Briggs v. State of Mississippi

BEAM, JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Trevioun Briggs was convicted in the Circuit Court of Madison County of robbery and witness-tampering. The Court of Appeals affirmed both convictions in Briggs v. State, 225 So.3d 1253, 1254, 2016 WL 2981728, at *1 (Miss. Ct. App. May 24, 2016). Briggs petitioned this Court for cer-tiorari, which was granted to consider whether his indictment for the witness-tampering count was defective. Finding that the indictment fairly tracked the language of Mississippi Code Section 97-9-115, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

FACTS

¶2. Briggs was convicted of…