Johnston v. State

376 So.2d 1343 (1979)

Chester Jordan JOHNSTON, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51448.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 14, 1979.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1979.

Nobles & Ferguson, James W. Nobles, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and BROOM and COFER, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Appellant, Chester Jordan Johnston, Jr., was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County of the rape of a 22-year-old woman on March 19, 1978. He was…