McCollum v. State

¶ 1. Edward W. McCollum was convicted of DUI maiming under Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-30 (5) (Supp. 1998), and sentenced to a term of ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with the first five years to be served in incarceration. Feeling aggrieved, McCollum appeals raising the following issues:

I. WHETHER OMITTING FROM THE INDICTMENT THE PHRASE, "THAT McCOLLUM'S NEGLIGENCE CAUSED THE INJURIES SUFFERED BY HARMON," WAS REVERSIBLE ERROR?"

II. WHETHER THE PROSECUTOR, DURING VOIR DIRE, VIOLATED U.R.C.C.C. 3.05 BY MISSTATING ELEMENTS REQUIRED TO BE PROVED UNDER THE DUI…