OCT 08 2019
inpieueas ANITA WRAY, CIRCUIT CLERK
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
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JAMES K, DEVAULT DEFENDANT
Indictment for the offense of:
CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE MANSLAUGHTER (2 Counts)
and
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE —
RESULTING IN DISFIGUREMENT OF ANOTHER (1. Count)
MISS, CODE ANN. §97-3-47 & 63-11-30
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MADISON COUNTY, JULY TERM 2019
Recalled September 4, 2019
‘The Grand Jurors of the State of Mississippi, taken from the body of good and
lawful citizens of Madison County, elected, summoned, impaneled, sworn and charged
to inquire in and for the body of the county aforesaid, at the term aforesaid of the Court
aforesaid, in the name and by the authority of the State of Mississippi, upon their oath
present that:
COUNT I
JAMES K. DEVAULT, on or about the 28" day of July, 2018, in the county aforesaid
and within the jurisdiction of this Court, did kill Jack Harper, a human being, by culpable
negligence and without authority of law, by driving a motor vehicle in a northbound
direction of travel on Highway 463 in the lanes dedicated exclusively to southbound
traffic and striking the southbound motor vehicle operated by, and causing the death of,
Jack Harper, in violation of Miss. Code Ann. §97-3-47 (1972, as amended);
COUNT II
JAMES K. DEVAULT, on or about the 28" day of July, 2018, in the county aforesaid
and within the jurisdiction of this Court, did kill Robert Lenoir, a human being, by
culpable negligence and without authority of law, by driving a motor vehicle in a
northbound direction of travel on Highway 463 in the lanes dedicated exclusively to
southbound traffic and striking the southbound motor vehicle operated by, and causing
the death of, Robert Lenoir, in violation of Miss. Code Ann. §97-3-47 (1972, as
amended);COUNT III
JAMES K. DEVAULT, on or about the 28° day of July, 2018, in the county aforesaid
‘nd within the jurisdiction of this Court, did drive or otherwise operate a motor vehicle
gh the public roads of the State of Mississippi while under the influence of any drug or
Controlled substance, to wit: 5-fluoro CUMYL-PINANCA, a Schedule | Controlled
Substance, the possession of which is unlawful under the Mississippi Controlled
Substances Law, and did, in a negligent manner, while operating a motor vehicle,
disfigure, mutilate, permanently disable or destroys any limb, organ or member of David
Potvin, a human being, in violation of Miss. Code Ann.§63-11-30(5) (1972, as
amended);
‘And all of the above (Counts | through II) being against the peace and dignity of the
State of Mississippi.
Endorsed: A True Bill
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FOREPERSON OF THE GRAND JURY, ott ATTORNEY
AFFIDAVIT
COMES NOW Richard W, Harrell, Foreperson of the September 4, 2019, Madison County Grand
Jury, and makes oath that this Indictment presented to this Court was concurred by twelve (12) or more
members of the Grand Jury, and that at least fiteen (15) members thereof were present during all
deliberations, : & a
FOREPERSON OF THE GRAND JURY
‘SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me on this, the day of bleu zor
ANITA WRAY, CIRCUIT CLERK
OF MADISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI