Legal Opinion
Coleman v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 7, 2006No. 2004-CT-00346-SCTPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
947 So.2d 878 (2006)
W.A. COLEMAN
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 2004-CT-00346-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
December 7, 2006.
Rehearing Denied February 15, 2007.
David M. Holly, Greenwood, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI.
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Without authorization, a deacon of Pillow Chapel Missionary Baptist Church ("Pillow Chapel") in Greenwood, wrote church checks to himself. He was indicted, tried, and convicted under Mississippi's embezzlement statute, Miss.Code Ann. Section 97-23-19…
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