White v. State

520 So.2d 497 (1988)

Harold WHITE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57548.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 17, 1988.

Billy W. Shelton, Tupelo, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen., by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and GRIFFIN, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Judge, for the Court:

The grand jury of Lee County indicted Harold White on February 6, 1985, for the crime of rape of a child under the age of 12 pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-65(1) (1972 & Supp. 1986) (The statute subsequently has been amended as to the…