Washington v. State

SMITH, Justice,

for the Court:

Calvin Washington prosecutes this appeal from his conviction of sexual battery entered in the Circuit Court of Sharkey County. Washington was sentenced to serve sixteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Washington argues that the verdict of the jury was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence and a product of bias and passion.

Washington also contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, for a new trial, because the State failed to prove…