Walker v. State

878 So.2d 913 (2004)

Freddie WALKER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2002-KA-00652-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 27, 2004.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 2004.

Thomas M. Fortner, Jackson, Phillip Broadhead, Columbia, Carl D. Gordon, attorneys for appellant.

Office of Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Freddie Walker was convicted of statutory rape and sentenced to serve two concurrent life sentences in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The trial court denied Walker's request for a new trial or in the…