Whitfield v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. A jury in the Monroe County Circuit Court convicted Donald R. Whitfield of Count I, fondling, and Count II, sexual battery. The jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict with regard to Count III, sexual battery. In regard to Count I, Whitfield was sentenced to seven years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with five years suspended and five years post-release supervision. In regard to Count II, Whitfield was sentenced to serve thirty years in the custody of the MDOC. The trial court ordered the sentence in…