COLEMAN v. STATE

No. 2004-CT-00346-SCT.

947 So.2d 878 (2006)

W.A. COLEMAN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Holly, Greenwood, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Without authorization, a deacon of Pillow Chapel Missionary Baptist Church ("Pillow Chapel") in Greenwood, wrote church checks to himself. He was indicted, tried, and convicted under Mississippi's embezzlement statute, Miss.Code Ann. Section 97-23-19 (Rev.2004) ("Embezzlement Statute"). The question presented is whether the deacon was indicted and tried under the correct statute....

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