Rogers v. State

928 So.2d 831 (2006)

Derwin ROGERS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2004-KA-01512-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 4, 2006.

Pamela A. Ferrington, Natchez, attorney for appellant.

Office of Attorney General by Scott Stuart, Jackson, attorney for appellee.

Before COBB, P.J., EASLEY and DICKINSON, JJ.

EASLEY, Justice, for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Derwin Rogers was indicted in 2002 by a Franklin County grand jury on four counts for the rape of A.H.[1] The rape occurred on four separate occasions between December 21, 1989, and January 3, 1990. A.H. was seventeen years old at the time. The…