SMITH v. STATE

No. 45554.

229 So.2d 551 (1969)

Herman SMITH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie H. Tucker, R. Jess Brown, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Velia Ann Mayer, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


RODGERS, Justice:

This is a case where a young single girl was raped by two young negro men. The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of the rape and sentenced to serve a term of life in the state penitentiary. These are the facts leading up to the sentence given the appellant in the Circuit Court of Marion County, Mississippi.

The victim was twenty (20) years of age at the time of the alleged rape. She was a student at the University of Southern Mississippi...

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