Dawkins v. State

991 So.2d 189 (2008)

Ellis Willie DAWKINS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2007-CP-02176-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

September 16, 2008.

Ellis Willie Dawkins, Pro Se.

Office of the Attorney General by Ladonna C. Holland, attorney for appellee.

Before LEE, P.J., ROBERTS and CARLTON, JJ.

LEE, P.J., for the Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Ellis Willie Dawkins pleaded guilty to the capital rape of his ten-year-old daughter. The trial court sentenced Dawkins to twenty years with ten years suspended, ten years to serve in the custody of the Mississippi Department of…