Case Name: Jessie Lee JONES v. STATE of Mississippi
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1998-09-17
Citations: 722 So. 2d 451
Docket Number: No. 97-KA-00776-SCT
Parties: Jessie Lee JONES v. STATE of Mississippi.
Judges: Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and MILLS and WALLER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 722
Pages: 451–452

Head Matter:
Jessie Lee JONES v. STATE of Mississippi.
No. 97-KA-00776-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Sept. 17, 1998.
Edmund J. Phillips, Newton, for Appellant.
Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Jolene M. Lowry, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.
Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and MILLS and WALLER, JJ.

Opinion:
WALLER, Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Jessie Lee Jones ("Jones") was convicted of two counts of uttering forgery by a Scott County jury. To sustain a conviction for uttering forgery the State must prove that the instrument in question was a "forged, altered, or counterfeit instrument" and that the defendant possessed an "intent to defraud." Miss.Code Ann. § 97-21-59 (1994). The record reveals, and the State concedes, that the necessary elements were not proven at trial. Therefore, this Court has no choice but to reverse and render Jones' conviction for the two counts of uttering forgery.
¶ 2. REVERSED AND RENDERED.
PRATHER, C.J., SULLIVAN and PITTMAN, P.JJ., and BANKS, McRAE, JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., SMITH and MILLS, JJ., concur.