State v. Clements

383 So.2d 818 (1980)

STATE of Mississippi

v.

George CLEMENTS, Jr.

No. 51757.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 14, 1980.

John A. Gregory, Asst. Dist. Atty., Okolona, for appellant.

Ottis B. Crocker, Jr., Bruce, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

George Clements, Jr. was indicted in the Circuit Court of Calhoun County on a charge of aggravated assault. He filed a motion to quash the indictment on the grounds that the charge was prohibited by constitutional provisions against double jeopardy and on the doctrine of collateral estoppel. The trial…