BIRCHFIELD v. STATE

No. 53377.

412 So.2d 1181 (1982)

Dwight Wayne BIRCHFIELD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben F. Hilbun, Jr., Starkville, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Amy D. Whitten, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and ROY NOBLE LEE and DAN M. LEE, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Dwight Wayne Birchfield, alias "Bullbox", was indicted and tried for rape of a female over the age of twelve years. He was found guilty by the jury and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County. Birchfield assigns numerous errors of the trial court on appeal, but since he fails to cite any authority on several, only two assignments require consideration by this court.

Juanita Davis, 22...

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