HUGHES v. STATE

No. 52363.

401 So.2d 1100 (1981)

David Lee HUGHES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Prather, Columbus, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.


SUGG, Justice.

The principal issue in this case is whether the constitutional guarantees against double jeopardy bar prosecution of a defendant for the separate crimes of rape and kidnapping when the defendant rapes his kidnapped victim.

Defendant was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. He was previously convicted of raping his kidnapped victim and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment.1 Defendant...

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