Wideman v. State

339 So.2d 1378 (1976)

Jack WIDEMAN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49342.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 16, 1976.

Bernard Gautier, Charles Parlin, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Vera Madel Speakes, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Jack Wideman was convicted of raping his twelve-year-old stepchild, Rosemary Hamilton, and was sentenced to serve a term of fifteen (15) years in the state penitentiary by the Circuit Court of Jackson County. On this appeal, he assigns the following errors…