Smith v. State

PATTERSON, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

Jimmy Ray Smith was convicted of the forcible rape of a twelve year old girl and sentenced to a term of thirty five years in the Mississippi State Department of Corrections. Prom the verdict and sentence of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Smith appeals, assigning three errors.

1. Where, in a prosecution for rape, the testimony of the complaining witness is self-contradictory, or contradicted by prior inconsistent statements, or rebutted by other testimony, the trial court erred in not granting a new trial.

2. Where the…