Collier v. State

711 So.2d 458 (1998)

Johnny COLLIER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 96-KA-00775-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 14, 1998.

Boyd P. Atkinson, Cleveland, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Pat S. Flynn, Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

Before PITTMAN, P.J., and BANKS and WALLER, JJ.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Nine year-old C.H. accused Johnny Collier of fondling her. Collier was convicted in the Circuit Court of Bolivar County, Second Judicial District, of touching a child for lustful purposes and was sentenced, as an habitual offender, to serve ten years in the…