Turner v. State

383 So.2d 489 (1980)

Allen Phillip TURNER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51521.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 23, 1980.

Barry W. Gilmer, Robert M. Jones, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and COFER, JJ.

SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for the rape of a female child under the age of twelve years and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Defendant assigns as error: (1) denial of his right…