Jenkins v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Larry N. Jenkins, Jr. was convicted by a jury in the Bolivar County Circuit Court on two counts of sexual battery and two counts of fondling. Jenkins, a habitual offender, received maximum sentences on each count, resulting in ninety years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) without eligibility for parole or probation.1 On appeal, we affirm Jenkins’s convictions for the two counts of fondling and one count of sexual battery. However, we reverse and render the judgment for the remaining count of sexual battery, finding there is…