Cunningham v. State

467 So.2d 902 (1985)

Jay Bee CUNNINGHAM,

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55400.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 27, 1985.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1985.

James G. Tucker, III, Cook & Tucker, Bay St. Louis, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ., and SUGG, Retired Justice.

SUGG, Retired Justice, for the Court:[1]

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Hancock County, Honorable James Thomas presiding, for the crime of forcible rape. The jury fixed his punishment at life…