Maiden v. State

802 So.2d 134 (2001)

Renaldo MAIDEN, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 1999-KA-00026-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

December 18, 2001.

Lynda Carol Robinson, Jackson, Johnnie E. Walls Jr., Greenville, for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, for Appellee.

Before McMILLIN, C.J., LEE, and MYERS, JJ.

LEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On June 10, 1997, a Coahoma County Circuit Court grand jury indicted Renaldo Maiden for rape, in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-65 (Rev. 1993). Maiden pleaded not guilty, and a jury trial was held in November 1998. At the close of…