Buffington v. State

824 So.2d 576 (2002)

Crystal Lynn BUFFINGTON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2001-KA-00325-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 20, 2002.

Frank J. Campbell, Vicksburg, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, P.J., for the court.

¶ 1. Crystal Lynn Buffington was tried in the Circuit Court of Warren County and convicted of felony child abuse in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-5-39(2) (2000). She was sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with seven years suspended and five years…