Ladnier v. State

878 So.2d 926 (2004)

Lionel F. LADNIER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2002-KA-01832-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 3, 2004.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 2004.

Jim Davis, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Jean Smith Vaughan, attorney for appellee.

Before WALLER and COBB, P.JJ., and GRAVES, J.

WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Thirteen-year-old Anne Bates[1] accused Lionel F. Ladnier of fondling her while the two were riding on a three-wheeler. Ladnier was convicted in the Circuit Court of Hancock County of one count of touching a child under the age of sixteen…