Johnson v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On February 17, 2010, a Scott County Circuit Court jury convicted Eddie Johnson Jr. of one count of statutory rape. Johnson was sentenced to thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with fifteen years to serve without benefit of parole, fifteen years suspended, and five years of post-release supervision. Johnson filed a motion for a new trial, which the circuit court denied. He appeals the denial of his motion, and finding no error, we affirm.

SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In the summer of 2008,…