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DECKER v. STATE

No. 2008-CT-01621-SCT.

66 So.3d 654 (2011)

Vanessa DECKER a/k/a Vanessa Francis Decker a/k/a Vanessa Frances Decker a/k/a Fran v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 4, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Waide , Tupelo, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Stephanie Breland Wood , attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The grand jury indicted Vanessa Decker under the Mississippi Vulnerable Adults Act of 1986,1 for using her mother's money "without her consent." But at trial, the evidence established that she had obtained her mother's consent to use the money, so the State requested—and the trial judge granted—a jury instruction that allowed the...

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