ROBERTSON, Justice:
The appellant, Robert Prestage, a 46-year-old white man, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Rankin County of raping a 9-year-old black girl. The jury was unable to agree on the punishment, and the court thereupon sentenced the defendant to life in the state penitentiary.
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