FERGUSON v. STATE

No. 47800.

293 So.2d 445 (1974)

Andrew Charles FERGUSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Firnist J. Alexander, Jr., Jackson, Constance Iona Slaughter, Forest, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Wayne Snuggs, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

The appellant Andrew Charles Ferguson, a Negro boy seventeen years of age, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Lowndes County, Mississippi, with having raped a white female college student. The defendant admitted that he had sexual intercourse with the prosecuting witness, but contended that the intercourse was had with the consent of the prosecutrix. The testimony introduced by the State showed that the defendant and two other Negro boys...

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