Ross v. State

601 So.2d 872 (1992)

Sammy Joe ROSS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 89-KA-1013.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 17, 1992.

Joseph C. Langston, Langston Langston Michael & Bowen, Booneville, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., W. Glenn Watts, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

This attempted-rape case arose on the appeal of Sammy Joe Ross from the ten-year sentence imposed on July 7, 1988 by the Circuit Court of Union County. The appellant timely filed a notice of appeal and…