Goodin v. State

977 So.2d 353 (2007)

James Robert GOODIN, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2006-KA-00756-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

May 1, 2007.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 2007.

John Carl Helmert, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, attorney for appellee.

Before KING, C.J., CHANDLER and ISHEE, JJ.

ISHEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. James Robert Goodin was convicted of rape and sexual battery in the Circuit Court of Lee County. He was sentenced to serve life imprisonment for rape and thirty years for sexual battery, with both sentences to run concurrently, in…