Cox v. Mississippi
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Edward Cox appealed the Circuit Court’s denial of his motion to dismiss a three-count indictment, which charged him with three counts of aggravated assault under Section 97-3-7 of the Mississippi Code. The issue before the Supreme Court was whether the justice court’s act of revoking Cox’s suspended sentence for a prior misdemeanor assault and sentencing him to a six-month sentence barred the State from prosecuting Cox’s subsequent felony assaults. The Supreme Court held that Cox’s double-jeopardy claim applies only to his original charge, conviction, and sentence, but not his subsequent criminal actions. Therefore, the Supreme Court affirmed the trial court.
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