Legal Opinion

Gregory Wayne Colburn v. State of Mississippi

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 11, 2016No. 2014-KA-01368-SCTPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury convicted Gregory Colburn of two counts of exploitation of a vulnerable person. The trial court sentenced him to twenty years: ten years on each count, running consecutively. Colburn now appeals and argues that the exploitation statute is unconstitutionally vague, that his indictment should have been quashed, that the State failed to present sufficient evidence to support his convictions, and that his defense was hampered by the judge’s evidentiary rulings. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2. Colburn met Ruby Frances Hill in 1990 when he began…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Bush v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Wetz v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Byrom v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Noe v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Franklin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bryan Morton v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017
  2. Brandy Nicole Williams v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2017
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  4. Jamaltae Adams a/k/a Jamaltal Adams v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2022
  5. Victor Washington v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2020

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