Charles Ray Crawford v. State of Mississippi

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Charles Ray Crawford appeals from his 1993 conviction for rape, raising numerous assignments of error. The record is unclear as to what caused the delay in this case being heard on appeal. For this reason, we decided to set aside the procedural bar in this matter and consider the merits of Crawford’s claimed errors. Having carefully reviewed this record,'we have concluded that there is no merit, in any of Crawford’s assignments of error. ..Only four issues warrant discussion:

I. WHETHER THE TWENTY-ONE-YEAR DELAY IN THIS APPEAL VIOLATES CRAWFORD’S DUE PROCESS…