IVY v. STATE

No. 57222.

522 So.2d 740 (1988)

Jeffrey Lane IVY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Paul Moore, Starkville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from Jeffrey Ivy's conviction in the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County of aggravated assault of his four year old stepdaughter, who stated that he zipped her in a suitcase and threw her down a flight of stairs. Because of a violation of Rule 609(a) of the Mississippi Rules of Evidence, this Court must reverse the conviction and remand for a new trial.

Trial was held with the new Mississippi Rules of Evidence...

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