WILBURN v. STATE

No. 50383.

356 So.2d 1173 (1978)

James Harold WILBURN, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fraiser, Burgoon, Henson & Abraham, James W. Burgoon, Jr., Greenwood, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Calvin Coolidge Williams, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant, James Harold Wilburn, Jr., was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Carroll County for the crime of rape and sentenced to serve a term of twenty years under the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He appeals and we reverse and remand for a new trial.

The decision of the issues in this appeal and the resulting opinion is based solely on legal considerations and has nothing whatever...

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