Barker v. State

463 So.2d 1080 (1985)

Billy D. BARKER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55361.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 6, 1985.

Laurie S. Caldwell, Gulfport, Gerard F. Smith, Biloxi, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Walter L. Turner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Billy D. Barker was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Harrison County for the rape of T.L.S. and was sentenced to a life term with the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He has appealed…