Otis v. State

418 So.2d 65 (1982)

James L. OTIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53357.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 11, 1982.

Sanders, Sanders & Clark, Alix H. Sanders, Greenwood, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and BROOM and ROY NOBLE LEE, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Justice, for the Court:

James L. Otis was convicted in the Circuit Court of Grenada County, Honorable Clarence E. Morgan, Jr., presiding, on a charge of forcible rape and was sentenced to fifteen (15) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of…