COOK v. STATE

No. 93-IA-00072-SCT.

671 So.2d 1327 (1996)

Joe Bruce COOK, Billy Hardy James a/k/a "Bubba" James, Larry Brown and Carl Wayne James v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby T. Vance, Batesville, William R. Sanders, Jr., Charleston, Steve McCord, D. Ronald Musgrove, Smith & Musgrove, Batesville, William Liston, III, Liston Lancaster, Winona, William Liston, Liston & Lancaster, Jackson, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jackson, W. Glenn Watts, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.


PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:

Joe Bruce Cook, Billy Hardy James a/k/a "Bubba" James, Larry Brown, and Carl Wayne James were twice indicted together by the grand jury sitting in Quitman County. The first indictment, No. 5150, contained 73 counts, said counts being for conspiracy to defraud and cheat Bunge Corporation out of money for forged soybean weight certificates. Later at trial, all four defendants received directed verdicts of not guilty, which were entered...

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