Miller v. State

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Matthew Miller was convicted of the aggravated assault and forcible rape of Abby,1 his girlfriend’s sixteen-year-old daughter. Miller was sentenced to twenty years for the assault and thirty years for the rape, all in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The sentences were ordered to be served consecutively. Miller appeals from that judgment, raising five issues. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. On the evening of January 27, 2008, a Sunday, Miller and Abby were alone at Abby’s mother’s home. Miller had been staying in the…