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KNIGHT v. STATE

No. 50476.

360 So.2d 674 (1978)

Ronnie Gene KNIGHT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Upshaw, Schissel, Dorizas & Ladner, James E. Upshaw, Greenwood, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Ronnie Gene Knight was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Leflore County for the crime of rape. The jury was unable to agree on a verdict in the first trial, and the court declared a mistrial. He was tried again March 22, 1977, the jury returned a verdict of guilty and he was sentenced to serve a term of twenty-five (25) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, from which sentence and judgment he appeals...

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