Stevenson v. State

CARLTON, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. A Washington County grand jury indicted Joseph Stevenson for the statutory rape of S.S. 1 in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-65(1)(b) (Rev.2007). After a jury trial in the Wash ington County Circuit Court, Stevenson was convicted and sentenced to serve a life sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Stevenson now appeals his conviction and sentence. Finding no reversible error in the trial court, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. This case stems from several sexual encounters between S.S., a minor, and Stevenson in…