SMITH v. STATE

No. 47966.

296 So.2d 678 (1974)

J.W. SMITH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Pete J. Cajoleas and Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


BROOM, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Lowndes County wherein appellant, J.W. Smith, was found guilty of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

Examination of the record shows that appellant was indicted on November 21, 1972 for the offense which occurred October 23, 1972. At his instance, the cause was continued three successive terms and tried at the August 1973 court term. Over one hundred and thirty pages of the record...

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