Ben v. State

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Cecil Ben was convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Leake County. The Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction and sentence. We now do the same.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. The Court of Appeals set out the facts and procedural history as follows:

On October 3, 2007, at approximately 4:30 a.m., Ben, a bus driver with the Choctaw Transit Authority, picked up a passenger, Monica.[1] Monica was eighteen years old at the time and a student at East Central Community College. Monica lived on Highway 35 outside of…