Roberson v. State

IRVING, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises out of Benjamin Roberson’s conviction, by a jury in the Washington County Circuit Court, of sexual battery of a child by a person in a position of trust or authority over the child. The circuit court sentenced Roberson to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with twenty years to serve and five years of post-release supervision. Feeling aggrieved, Roberson appeals and asserts that: (1) his confession should have been suppressed by the circuit court; (2) Rule 412 of the Mississippi Rules of Evidence was…