Fanning v. State

497 So.2d 70 (1986)

Hazel FANNING

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55825.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 17, 1986.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1986.

Leon Mangum, Decatur, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This criminal appeal is from the Circuit Court of Newton County wherein Hazel Fanning (appellant) was convicted of violating Miss. Code Ann. § 97-13-19 (1972) by feloniously reporting a false account of votes in the 1983 Democratic Primary…