Dequane Lomax v. State of Mississippi

*977BEAM, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Dequane Lomax was indicted by a Hinds County grand jury on two counts of forcible rape in violation of Mississippi Code Section 97-3-65(4)(a) and two counts of simple assault on a law-enforcement officer in violation of Mississippi Code Section 97-3-7(l)(b). The Hinds County Circuit Court severed Count I from Counts II, III, and IV. Lomax then proceeded to trial on Counts II, III, and IV in March 2014. Lomax was convicted of Count II, forcible rape, and found not guilty of Counts III and IV, simple assault on a law-enforcement officer.

¶ 2. We find cumulative…