JACKSON v. STATE

No. 54178.

452 So.2d 438 (1984)

Thomas JACKSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney A. Barnett, A.M. Murphy, Lucedale, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Bill Patterson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.


HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Thomas Jackson appeals his conviction in the Circuit Court of George County of the crime of carnal knowledge of a six-year-old girl, and sentence to life imprisonment. He challenges the validity of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-65 (Chapter 576, Mississippi Laws 1974) under which he was indicted, and the sufficiency of the evidence in view of no proof of penetration. We affirm.

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