Johnson v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, J.,
for the Court.
¶ 1. On October 29, 2002, Zachary Johnson was convicted of murdering Verendia Hill and of committing aggravated assault upon Andy Jemison. Johnson was later sentenced to serve life for the conviction of murder and fifteen years for the conviction of aggravated assault, sentences to run consecutively.
¶ 2. Aggrieved by his convictions, Johnson now appeals, raising the following four issues:
I. WHETHER JOHNSON’S TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE?
II. WHETHER THE CIRCUIT COURT ERRED IN REFUSING TO QUASH COUNT II OF THE INDICTMENT?
III. WHETHER THE CIRCUIT COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING…
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