Legal Opinion
Thomas v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided May 13, 2003No. Nos. 2001-KA-01498-COA, 2001-KA-01499-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIS, J., for the court.
¶ 1. On September 21, 1995, Eric Jermaine Thomas was indicted for the crime of aggravated assault for shooting Jason Evans with a handgun. On February 12, 1996, Thomas pled guilty and was sentenced to serve twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). The Circuit Court of Stone County suspended the execution of his sentence, and Thomas was placed in the Regimented Inmate Discipline Program (RID).
¶ 2. Due to the nature of his offense, however, Thomas was removed from RID and placed in the general prison population. On June 3, 1996,…
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