Belynthia Ross v. State of Mississippi

GREENLEE, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Belynthia Ross appeals her conviction in Rankin County Circuit Court of simple assault of a vulnerable adult. She asserts that (1) her indictment was fatally defective because two headings that originally read “Madison” County were stricken and overwritten with “Rankin,” (2) the indictment erroneously lists the grand-jury foreman as that of the “Madison” County Grand Jury, not “Rankin,” and (3) simple assault of a vulnerable adult is not a felony. We affirm.

¶ 2. Ross was indicted on June 4, 2015. On November 16, 2015, Ross moved to quash the indictment because…