Shive v. State

507 So.2d 898 (1987)

Jerry Ward SHIVE

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56929.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 20, 1987.

William O. Townsend, Pearl, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

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Jerry Ward Shive appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County in which he was convicted of the crime of gratification of lust and sentenced to serve a term of eight years in the Mississippi Department of…