STATE v. JONES

20738

271 S.C. 287 (1978)

247 S.E.2d 43

The STATE, Respondent, v. Joe Nathan JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale T. Cobb, Jr., Charleston, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod and Asst. Attys. Brian P. Gibbes and Sally G. Young, Columbia, Solicitor Capers G. Barr, III, and Asst. Solicitor Linda Lombard, Charleston, for respondent.


August 9, 1978.

GREGORY, Justice:

Appellant Joe Nathan Jones, also known as Bobby Jones, was convicted of the rape of a ten year old girl and sentenced to forty years imprisonment. Appellant raises two exceptions by which he seeks to have his conviction reversed. We affirm.

Appellant first contends the trial judge erred by allowing the young prosecutrix to testify. At the time of the trial the prosecutrix was eleven years old and appellant argued she...

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