Ward v. State

BRANTLEY, J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. Edward D. Ward was convicted by a jury of the Bolivar County Circuit Court of rape, sexual battery and burglary of a dwelling. Aggrieved, he appeals, arguing that the circuit court erred in allowing certain testimony, that the verdicts were against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no merit to the assignments of error, we affirm his conviction and the sentence imposed by the court below.

FACTS

1f 2. On June 24, 2000, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Brenda Brown was at home with Jamel Brown,…