Robinson v. State
| Docket Number: | 2002-KA-01258-COA | |
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Opinion Link Opinion Date: 04-13-2004 Opinion Author: King, P.J. Holding: Affirmed |
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Topic: Aggravated assault - Weight of evidence - Peremptory challenges Judge(s) Concurring: McMillin, C.J., Southwick, P.J., Bridges, Thomas, Lee, Irving, Myers, Chandler and Griffis, JJ. Procedural History: Jury Trial Nature of the Case: CRIMINAL - FELONY |
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Date of Trial Judgment: 05-14-2002 Appealed from: Jackson County Circuit Court Judge: Kathy King Jackson Disposition: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT - SENTENCED TO A TERM OF TWENTY YEARS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE MDOC AND ORDERED TO PAY A FINE OF $10,000. District Attorney: Anthony N. Lawrence, III Case Number: 01-10,422 |
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| Appellant: | Ramsey Robinson a/k/a Ramsey Clark Robinson |
PHILLIP BROADHEAD
ROSS PARKER SIMONS
SHERLOCK V. GRIGSBY |
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| Appellee: | State of Mississippi | OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: JEFFREY A. KLINGFUSS |
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| Topic: | Aggravated assault - Weight of evidence - Peremptory challenges |
| Summary of the Facts: | Ramsey Robinson was convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to twenty years. He appeals. |
| Summary of Opinion Analysis: | Issue 1: Weight of evidence Robinson argues that the evidence lacks the weight and sufficiency necessary to support a verdict of guilty, because the only direct evidence was that of the victim, whom he described as being diagnosed with dementia. The State offered the victim’s identification of Robinson as her attacker, testimony from the police officers that on at least two separate occasions the victim had identified Robinson as her attacker, and testimony from her treating physician that there was no reason to believe that she suffered dementia prior to the attack. Given the evidence, the decision does not inflict an unconscionable injustice upon Robinson. Issue 2: Peremptory challenges Robinson argues that the court erred by failing to require the State to have racially neutral reasons for exercising its peremptory strikes. The reasons included that two of the potential jurors knew someone charged with a crime that fit into the category of family member or close friend and that another potential juror was a friend of Robinson. The court’s finding that the challenges were racially neutral is not error. |
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