Daniel Rollings v. State of Mississippi

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises from Daniel Rollings’s convictions of burglary of a dwelling house and rape. Miss.Code Ann. §§ 97-17-23 & 97-3-65 (Rev.2014). Rollings now challenges the sufficiency and weight of the evidence and argues that he was indicted under the wrong statute for the crime of forcible rape.

FACTS

¶ 2. A.J. 1 is a senior citizen who resides in Greenwood, Mississippi. She met Rollings- through her pastor and hired him to perform demolition work on a dilapidated structure located on her property. Rollings worked for about a month on the project before he…