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RHYMES v. STATE

No. 50327.

356 So.2d 1165 (1978)

J.Q. RHYMES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Houghton F. Elias, Jr., Cleveland, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

J.Q. Rhymes was convicted in the Circuit Court of Bolivar County for rape of his seven-year-old daughter and was sentenced to life imprisonment, from which conviction and sentence he appeals.

I.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in that the indictment was fatally defective and omitted an essential element of the crime charged against him.

The indictment charged the following:

"That J.Q. Rhymes...

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