HINES v. STATE

No. 54786.

472 So.2d 386 (1985)

Cecil Henry HINES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Pearson, Clarksdale, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Anita Mathews Stamps, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

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


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This is a subjectively disgusting case of the sexual battery of a young nine year old girl by a now 24 year old man. Most substantially proved was the Defendant's use of his penis to penetrate his victim anally. Less substantial but nevertheless credible evidence also suggests vaginal and oral penetration. Here as in other cases we are bound on our oaths that we suppress our visceral reactions to these facts and adjudicate...

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