Ben v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. A jury in the Leake County Circuit Court convicted Cecil R. Ben of forcible rape. Ben was sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Ben’s post-trial motions were denied. Ben subsequently filed an appeal, asserting several issues that we have reordered as follows: (1) he was denied his right to a speedy trial; (2) he was not presented with a full jury panel before exercising his peremptory challenges; (3) the trial court erroneously admitted several hearsay statements; (4) the trial court erroneously admitted…