Legal Opinion
Magee v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided March 6, 2007No. 2003-KA-02768-COAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHANDLER, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. After a six-day trial in November 2003 in the Circuit Court of Walthall County, Willie A. Magee was convicted of rape and of burglary of a dwelling. The court sentenced Magee to serve thirty years for rape and to serve twenty-five years for burglary, to run consecutively, as a habitual offender, in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Magee appeals, arguing that (1) the trial court erred in failing to grant a directed verdict as to rape and burglary, (2) the trial court erred by allowing testimony on Magee’s prior bad acts, (3) the court…
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