Jenkins v. State

CHANDLER, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Levi Jenkins was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Pearl River County on two counts of sexual battery and one count of statutory rape against his then-five-year-old niece. He was convicted only of fondling, a lesser-included offense of the second count of sexual battery. Jenkins timely appealed, raising various issues. Finding his arguments to be without merit, we affirm the judgment of conviction of the Circuit Court of Pearl River County.

FACTS

¶ 2. In the summer of 2007, V.R. and her mother were living in V.R.’s grandfather’s home along with…