Withers v. State

907 So.2d 342 (2005)

Christopher R. WITHERS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2004-KA-00827-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 21, 2005.

Donald L. Kilgore, Oxford, attorney for appellant.

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

Before SMITH, C.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.

SMITH, Chief Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Christopher R. Withers was convicted in Circuit Court of Neshoba County of the crime of statutory rape, under Section 97-3-65(1)(b) of the Mississippi Code Annotated, and was sentenced to a term of 30 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of…