Decker v. State


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Docket Number: 2008-CT-01621-SCT
Linked Case(s): 2008-KA-01621-COA ; 2008-KA-01621-COA ; 2008-CT-01621-SCT ; 2008-CT-01621-SCT ; 2008-CT-01621-SCT ; 2008-CT-01621-SCT
Supreme Court: Opinion Link
Opinion Date: 08-04-2011
Opinion Author: Dickinson, P.J.
Holding: Reversed and Rendered
Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: Waller, C.J., Carlson, P.J., Randolph, Lamar, Kitchens and Pierce, JJ.
Non Participating Judge(s): Chandler and King, JJ.
Procedural History: Jury Trial
Nature of the Case: CRIMINAL - FELONY
Writ of Certiorari: Granted
Appealed from Court of Appeals
Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 08-01-2008
Appealed from: Clay County Circuit Court
Judge: Lee J. Howard
Disposition: Decker was convicted under the Mississippi Vulnerable Adults Act and sentenced to serve a term of four years.
District Attorney: Forrest Allgood
Case Number: 9092
  Consolidated: The supreme court found that the trial judge gave a jury instruction that materially changed the charge made by the grand jury in the indictment, and reversed and rendered the judgments of the circuit court and the court of appeals.
  Party Name: Attorney Name:   Brief(s) Available:
Appellant: Vanessa Decker a/k/a Vanessa Francis Decker a/k/a Vanessa Frances Decker a/k/a Fran




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Appellee: State of Mississippi OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: STEPHANIE BRELAND WOOD  


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