126 So. 3d 877 - Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 671 So. 2d 647 - Peterson v. State · Love v. State · Spears v. State · Kelly v. State · May v. State
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“of knives. Id. at 879 . Thus, the Court found that the failure to specify the type of knife Thomas was in possession of amounted to a failure to charge Thomas with an essential element of the crime. Id. at 880 . ¶ 11. Under Section 97-3-7(1)(a), the Legislature criminalized simple assault against any person. Under Sections 97-3-7(1)(b) and (14), the Legislature specified that attacking certain specified categories of persons was an aggravating circumstance that was punishable by a greater sentence. Among those categories of persons designated by the Legislature is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“do not constitute [ ] an offense within the terms and meaning of the law or laws on which the accusation is based ... the indictment is insufficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“An indictment which fails to allege all essential elements of a crime runs afoul of our constitutions and is void.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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