SUGG, Retired Justice, for the Court:
Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Hancock County, Honorable James Thomas presiding, for the crime of forcible rape. The jury fixed his punishment at life imprisonment and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant assigns as error the admission of hearsay testimony, the refusal of a defense instruction, and that the statutory scheme permitting life sentence for the crime...
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