Warren v. State

456 So.2d 735 (1984)

John Henry WARREN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55070.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 5, 1984.

Jerry L. Mills, Pyle, Harris, Dreher & Mills, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J. and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

John Henry Warren, was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, under Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-3-65 (Supp. 1983), of forcible rape, and the jury by its verdict…