King v. State

342 So.2d 892 (1977)

Johnny M. KING

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49492.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 9, 1977.

Hugh L. Bailey, Winona, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by John C. Ellis, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

Johnny M. King was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County of the crime of "assault with intent to forcibly ravish one Sandra Knight, a female human being of previous chaste character." His term of imprisonment was fixed by the jury at two years in the…