Erwin v. State

557 So.2d 799 (1990)

Steve ERWIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-KA-59142.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 21, 1990.

Richard W. Hamilton, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., John R. Henry Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ANDERSON and BLASS, JJ.

BLASS, Justice, for the Court:

The defendant, Steve Erwin, appellant here, was convicted on October 19, 1987, for the kidnapping and rape of a young Jackson County woman during the night of February 14, 1987. The jury was unable to agree on the sentence in either of the two crimes. The defendant…