Legal Opinion
Evans v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided December 13, 2005No. 2004-KA-00772-COAPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
916 So.2d 550 (2005)
Morris EVANS, Appellant
v.
STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
No. 2004-KA-00772-COA.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
December 13, 2005.
Johnnie McDaniels, attorney for appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Jose Benjamin Simo, attorney for appellee.
Before KING, C.J., CHANDLER and ISHEE, JJ.
ISHEE, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. In January 2003, the Appellant, Morris Evans ("Morris"), was convicted of "statutory rape" in the Circuit Court of Claiborne County. Morris was sentenced to thirty years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections ("MDOC"), with twenty years to serve and ten…
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