Yeatman v. Mississippi
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Defendant Jeffrey Yeatman filed a motion for post-conviction relief in circuit court. The motion was denied, and Defendant appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Defendant raised three issues on appeal to the Supreme Court: (1) whether Defendant's indictment was properly amended; (2) whether the Court of Appeals erred when it failed to address Defendant's argument that he was illegally sentenced as a habitual offender because it was not stated in his criminal information; and (3) whether Defendant's sentence was illegal because his fine exceeded the amount prescribed by statute. Upon review, the Supreme Court affirmed in part, reversed in part: the Court affirmed the amendment to the indictment, reversed the trial court's denial of Defendant's petition for post-conviction relief regarding his habitual-offender-status issue, and vacated Defendant's fine. The case was remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings.
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