CALDWELL v. STATE

No. 50788.

364 So.2d 1123 (1978)

Buster CALDWELL and Billy Ray Market v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon C. Anderson, J. Terry Peeples, Coffeeville, for appellants.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Walker Underwood, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and BOWLING, JJ.


BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellants, along with two other persons, were indicted for the crime of rape in the Circuit Court of Yalobusha County, Mississippi. Appellants requested a severance and a joint trial. The jury found each appellant guilty of the crime charged and each was sentenced to a term of fifty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Appellants filed separate assignments of error but each are identical. They...

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