Warren v. State

285 So.2d 756 (1973)

David WARREN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47465.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 3, 1973.

Nathan P. Adams, Jr., Felts, Russell & Adams, Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

WALKER, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Washington County where appellant. David Warren, was convicted of the crime of attempted rape of a fifty-nine year old housewife and sentenced to serve six years in the state penitentiary.

The evidence showed that on October 20, 1971, appellant who had been plowing in a…