Wilson v. State

264 So.2d 828 (1972)

Obie WILSON (a/k/a O.B. Wilson)

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46876.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 26, 1972.

Bell & McBee, Robert M. Carpenter, Greenwood, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by J.B. Garretty, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice:

Obie Wilson, also known as O.B. Wilson, was convicted of rape in the Circuit Court of Leflore County. The jury fixed his punishment at life imprisonment in the penitentiary and he was so sentenced. From that conviction and sentence he has appealed to this Court.

At his trial Wilson testified as a witness…