MOTEN v. STATE

No. 2008-KA-00970-COA.

20 So.3d 757 (2009)

Javoras MOTEN, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

November 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Phillips, Newton, P. Shawn Harris, Forest, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Stephanie Breland Wood, attorney for appellee.

Before KING, C.J., IRVING and CARLTON, JJ.


CARLTON, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On May 6, 2008, a Leake County jury found Javoras Moten guilty of simple assault of an employee of a private correctional facility in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated section 47-4-1 (Rev.2004). He was sentenced to serve four and one-half years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) with the sentence to run consecutively to any prior sentence he was serving. Moten argues on appeal that the indictment...

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