Wallace v. State

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Timothy Wayne Wallace was indicted on two counts of sexual battery arising from separate incidents involving thirteen-year-old M.W. Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Tate County, Mississippi, Wallace was found guilty on both counts and sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (“MDOC”) on each count, to run consecutively. . Following denial of his “Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict or in the Alternative for New Trial,” Wallace filed a timely notice of appeal.

FACTS

¶ 2. M.W. was born on…