Miley v. State

935 So.2d 998 (2006)

Samuel Lee MILEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2005-KA-01135-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 10, 2006.

Edmund J. Phillips, Jr., attorney for appellant.

Office Of The Attorney General by John R. Henry, attorney for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., WALLER, P.J., and DICKINSON, J.

WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. A jury in the Circuit Court of Scott County, Mississippi, convicted seventy-six-year-old Samuel Lee Miley of the statutory rape of his girlfriend's fifteen-year-old daughter pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-65(1)(a) (Rev.2000). Miley was sentenced to five…