Farrish v. State

¶ 1. Paul A. Farrish was convicted in the Copiah County Circuit Court of statutory rape. He appeals, asserting that the circuit court erred in: (1) allowing the introduction of evidence of prior bad acts which the circuit court had previously found to be inadmissible, (2) denying his motion for a continuance, and (3) denying his motion for a JNOV or, in the alternative, a new trial. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. Farrish was thirty-eight years old at the time of the trial. The victim, PN, was fifteen years-old, and in the eighth grade, at the time of the trial. She met Farrish through…