Dwan Diondro Wakefield a/k/a Dwan Diondro Wakefield, Jr. v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court held that Mississippi's accessory-after-the-fact statute permits a separate prosecution for each felony committed by the principal offender. Because the principal committed three distinct felonies and the statute treats each felony as a separate unit of prosecution, Wakefield's three convictions did not violate the Fifth Amendment's protection against double jeopardy. The court therefore affirmed the judgments below.