Legal Opinion

Victor Sims v. State of Mississippi

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided September 20, 2016No. 2015-KA-01311-COAPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLTON, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶1. Victor Sims appeals his convictions and sentences for four separate counts of armed robbery. See Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-79 (Rev. 2014). On appeal, Sims raises the following issues: (1) whether his trial attorneys rendered ineffective assistance of counsel; and (2) whether the verdicts were contrary to the weight of the evidence. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶2. On October 21, 2014, a Jones County grand jury indicted Sims and his nephew, Randy Dunn, for one count of armed rob bery involving four separate victims. The single-count indictment charged that, on…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Havard v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Jimmy Shinn v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  4. Blunt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  5. Grossley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  4. Gregory Eugene Mootye, III v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2019
  5. Joshua Archie a/k/a Joshua Leon Archie v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2024

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