DAVIS v. STATE

No. 52659.

406 So.2d 795 (1981)

Malcolm Joe DAVIS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Opinion Modified On Denial of Rehearing December 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Kent Stribling, Dixon L. Pyles, Pyles & Tucker, Jackson, David R. Smith, Smith, Smith, Tate & Stuart, Poplarville, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Mark A. Chinn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

In the Circuit Court of Pearl River County, Malcolm Joe Davis was tried and convicted of rape and sentenced to thirty years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Davis appeals, assigning several errors.

1. The failure of the court to grant the defendant a speedy trial violated his constitutional rights under Amendment VI of the United States Constitution, aggravated his mental condition because the prolonged...

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