YANKTON v. STATE

No. 2009-KA-01075-COA.

70 So.3d 253 (2011)

Lavon YANKTON a/k/a Lavan Yankton a/k/a Johnny Taylor, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 2011.

Certiorari Denied September 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Daniel Hinchcliff , attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by John R. Henry Jr. , attorney for appellee.

Before LEE, P.J., ROBERTS and CARLTON, JJ.


LEE, P.J., for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Lavon1 Yankton was convicted by a jury in the Forrest County Circuit Court of aggravated domestic violence. The trial court sentenced Yankton to serve twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Yankton filed post-trial motions, which were subsequently denied. Yankton now appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in allowing evidence of prior...

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