James David Fortenberry v. State of Mississippi

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Cqurt:

¶ 1. A Rankin County jury found James David Fortenberry guilty of two counts of sexual battery and one count of rape. The Rankin County Circuit Court ^sentenced him to concurrent terms of thirty'years.ori each count, with ten years suspénded and five years of supervised probation, all in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC).

¶ 2. Feeling aggrieved, Fortenberry appeals and argues: (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel; (2) he was denied a fair trial as a result of prosecutorial misconduct; (3) the circuit court erred in denying…