Young v. State

507 So.2d 48 (1987)

Lewis Oscar YOUNG

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56218.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 8, 1987.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1987.

Thomas M. Fortner, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, wherein Lewis Oscar Young was convicted of rape and sentenced to twenty-two years' imprisonment without possibility of parole under the provisions of Mississippi…