Payton v. State

642 So.2d 1328 (1994)

Sylvia Hortense PAYTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 91-KA-00677.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 8, 1994.

Mack A. Bethea, Gulfport, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen. and Jean Smith Vaughan, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and BANKS and SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Sylvia Hortense Payton appeals from her conviction in the Circuit Court of Harrison County on charges of felony child abuse. Before this Court Payton presents seven assignments of error, the majority of which are clearly without merit. We address two issues: