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BENTON v. STATE

No. 1998-KA-01709-COA.

766 So.2d 823 (2000)

John BENTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

September 12, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Levidiotis, Oxford, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE KING, P.J., BRIDGES, AND MOORE, JJ.

BRIDGES, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This is a criminal appeal from the Circuit Court of Marshall County where John Benton was convicted of aggravated assault by shooting his ex-wife Debroah Benton with a pistol as well as shooting her live-in boyfriend, Terry Moore, in the shoulder. He was tried by a jury and found guilty on both counts of the indictment. Benton was sentenced on August 20, 1998, to a term of twenty years on each count, with sentences to run concurrently...

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