GOSS v. STATE

No. 55495.

465 So.2d 1079 (1985)

Lester J. GOSS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Niles McNeel, Louisville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Pat Flynn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Lester Goss and four others were convicted of the rape of N.M.Y., under Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-3-65 (Supp. 1984). The jury failed to fix the penalty at life imprisonment and the trial court sentenced each defendant to five years imprisonment. This Court granted a motion to dismiss the appeal of the four other defendants on January 30, 1985. Goss maintains on appeal that the trial court erred in:

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