Rutland v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Loni Marie Rutland was convicted of felony child abuse in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Franklin County. Rut-land was sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with ten years suspended and ten years to serve. The trial court denied Rutland’s post-trial motions, and she appealed her conviction. The Court of Appeals affirmed Rutland’s conviction and sentence. Rutland filed a petition for writ of certiorari with this Court, and we granted the petition. Having now considered the…