Ivy v. State

949 So.2d 748 (2007)

Michael IVY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2005-KA-02303-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 22, 2007.

Steven Carl Wallace, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, attorney for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.

EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Michael Ivy (Ivy) was indicted in a two-count indictment—Count I: engaging in the sexual battery of A.B., a child under the age of fourteen and/or twenty-four months younger than Ivy, in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-95, and Count II: fondling A.B., in…