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MANGUM v. STATE

No. 2009-CP-01167-COA.

64 So.3d 503 (2010)

Gerald MANGUM, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 2011.

Certiorari Denied June 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Mangum , appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Laura Hogan Tedder , attorney for appellee.

Before MYERS, P.J., ISHEE and ROBERTS, JJ.

ROBERTS, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. In order for an indictment to be legally sufficient, it must, among other things, contain all the essential elements of the crime charged. The essential elements of murder are that: (1) the defendant killed the victim, (2) without authority of law, and (3) with deliberate design to effect his death. Gerald Mangum pled guilty to murder following his indictment of the charge in 1980. He now argues that his indictment was fatally...

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