Brooks v. State

242 So.2d 865 (1971)

Thomas Mayfield BROOKS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46142.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 4, 1971.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1971.

Henry K. Van Every, Columbus, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Timmie Hancock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

Thomas Mayfield Brooks, appellant, was convicted of the rape of an eight-year-old girl in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County, and was sentenced to a life term in the state penitentiary. It is not necessary to go into the details of this offense. The evidence was sufficient to support the…