Edwards v. State

594 So.2d 587 (1992)

Jimmy EDWARDS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-0708.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 22, 1992.

Sam Clifton, Sr., Cleveland, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Pat S. Flynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

In this case, the Bolivar County Grand Jury indicted Jimmy Edwards in November 1989 on three counts of sexual battery under Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-95 & 99-7-2 (1972). More specifically, the Grand Jury indicted Edwards for "feloniously engag[ing] in sexual…