Legal Opinion
Rankin v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided August 28, 2007No. 2006-KA-00279-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
963 So.2d 1255 (2007)
Melvin RANKIN, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
No. 2006-KA-00279-COA.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
August 28, 2007.
Leslie D. Roussell, Laurel, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, attorney for appellee.
Before LEE, P.J., BARNES and CARLTON, JJ.
BARNES, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. Melvin Rankin was found guilty of statutory rape by a jury in the Circuit Court of Wayne County and sentenced to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He appeals and raises the following issues:
I. The trial court…
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