Young v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Johnny R. Young Jr. was convicted, under Mississippi Code Annotated section 97 — 3—95(1)(d) (Rev.2006), of three counts of sexual battery of a minor and sentenced to three concurrent life sentences in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Young appeals his convictions, and finding no reversible error, we affirm.

SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In June 2007, Young’s eight-year-old daughter, “Cindy,”1 confided to a family friend, Richard Dunsford, and her paternal step-grandmother that her father had sexually assaulted her on…