WARD v. STATE

No. 54508.

461 So.2d 724 (1984)

Ricky WARD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Buck, Walls, Buck & Irving, Greenville, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

On overwhelming evidence Ricky Ward has been convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and forcible rape and has been sentenced to life imprisonment on each conviction, the three sentences to be served consecutively. Our only serious legal concern on this appeal is that Ward was tried under a single indictment stating the three charges as three separate counts.

The facts and circumstances giving rise to the three charges against...

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