KILLINGSWORTH v. STATE

No. 51299.

374 So.2d 221 (1979)

L.C. KILLINGSWORTH, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry W. Gilmer, Robert M. Jones, Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a conviction of the crime of rape in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. From a sentence of fifty years in the penitentiary, Killingsworth appeals.

The state's case against Killingsworth was based on the uncorroborated testimony of the thirty-year-old prosecutrix. We would point out at the outset that her account of the incident is somewhat suspect and extremely...

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