Rudy Desmond Toler a/k/a Ruby Desmond Toler a/k/a Rudy D. Toler a/k/a Rudy Toler v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court held that sufficient evidence supported Toler’s aggravated-assault convictions involving three pursuing officers and one aggravated-assault conviction involving the youths in the vehicle. It further held that the four youth-related counts were multiplicitous because they arose from one criminal act, requiring merger into a single conviction and resentencing. The court affirmed the exclusion of peaceful-character evidence because Toler admitted brandishing and firing a handgun and the exclusion was not an abuse of discretion.