DAO v. STATE

No. 2006-KA-01170-COA.

984 So.2d 352 (2007)

Jimmy DAO, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Sturdivant Swartzfager, Jackson, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Deirdre McCrory, attorney for appellee.

Before MYERS, P.J., IRVING, BARNES and ROBERTS, JJ.


IRVING, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Jimmy Dao was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault and was sentenced by the Forrest County Circuit Court to serve twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved, Dao appeals and asserts (1) that the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce evidence regarding his alleged gang affiliation, (2) that the trial court erred in allowing the State to question defense witnesses about...

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