Speagle v. State

390 So.2d 990 (1980)

Jimmy SPEAGLE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 52093.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 26, 1980.

William B. Sullivan, Laurel, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

Jimmy Speagle appeals from his conviction in the Circuit Court of Jones County for the crime of incest, as defined by Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-29-5 (1972), for which he was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the penitentiary.

The evidence on which the conviction rests was conflicting and thus…