Hickson v. State

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Introduction

This matter comes before the Court, en banc, after granting petitioner's application for writ of certiorari. Brian C. Hickson was convicted of sexual battery following a jury trial on March 22 and March 23, 1993, in the Second Judicial District of the Circuit Court of Jones County, Mississippi. He was subsequently sentenced to serve thirty years in the custody of MDOC. Upon appeal, the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court decision on October 1, 1996, and denied the petition for rehearing on January 4, 1997. The petition for writ of certiorari…