Charles Bester v. State of Mississippi

¶ 14. I fully concur with the well-reasoned dissent authored by Justice King. Nevertheless, the gravity of the majority’s decision today constrains me to write, inasmuch as Charles Bester was sentenced to, and is serving, an illegal sentence that the trial court lacked the authority to impose •upon him. I, therefore, respectfully dissent. ‘

‘ ¶ 15. Mississippi Code Section 97-3-65(4)(a) (Rev.2014) provides that:

Every person who shall have forcible sexual intercourse with any person ... upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for life in the State Penitentiary if the jury by its verdict so…