Lampley v. State

291 So.2d 707 (1974)

Jesse LAMPLEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47446.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 4, 1974.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 1974.

Sekul, Hornsby, Wallace & Blessey, Biloxi, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by T.E. Childs, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Jesse Lampley appeals from a conviction in the Circuit Court of Harrison County of the crime of rape. Sentence: life imprisonment.

The defendant and two friends arrived at the residence of Tiwana Harris where a party was in progress. Loretta Stewart, the prosecutrix, and her friend,…