Downs v. State

962 So.2d 1255 (2007)

Jon Marc DOWNS a/k/a John Marc Downs

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2006-KA-00726-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 16, 2007.

Benjamin Allen Suber, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Stephanie Breland Wood, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. When Jon Marc Downs discovered that a large sum of his money was missing, he went to his father's house to get an explanation. Downs began to hit his father. To divert his son's attention, the father pulled $200 from his billfold and handed it to Downs, who then left. Downs was…