YOUNG v. STATE

No. 41572.

239 Miss. 369 (1960)

123 So.2d 311

YOUNG v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 26, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl W. Kepper, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

J.R. Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, J.

Nathaniel Young appeals from a judgment convicting him of raping a seven year old child. The death penalty was imposed. No purpose would be served in detailing the facts of this heinous crime.

Prior to trial on the merits appellant filed an unsworn motion suggesting appellant was presently insane and was not capable of making a rational defense. On the hearing of a motion to require the State to furnish appellant the services of a psychiatrist...

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