Cross v. State

759 So.2d 354 (1999)

Curtis Lynn CROSS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 98-KA-00397-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 26, 1999.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1999.

Marie Wilson, Greenville, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PITTMAN, P.J., McRAE AND SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Curtis Cross was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Washington County of the crime of attempted rape of Febrina Aaron. Cross was sentenced to serve a term of 8 years, with 3 years suspended, and to pay restitution and court…