HARDEN v. STATE

No. 55417.

465 So.2d 321 (1985)

James Danny HARDEN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Russell, Fulton, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Central to this case is the matter of how much of an overt act must be committed before one is guilty under the laws of this state of the crime of attempted rape. We hold that a lewd suggestion to the victim coupled with the defendant's physically grabbing his victim and attempting to carry her away only to have her break free are under the facts of this case sufficient.

This appeal also presents questions regarding...

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