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STOKES v. STATE

No. 55339.

484 So.2d 1022 (1986)

Charles Lee STOKES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil R. Hinton, Wilson & Hinton, Corinth, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and PRATHER, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Charles Lee Stokes appeals from his conviction of forcible rape in the circuit court of Alcorn County and sentence to life imprisonment. Because the circuit judge refused to declare a mistrial in this most unusual trial situation, we reverse.

FACTS

Stokes was indicted by the Alcorn County grand jury for forcible rape of Regina Stewart on March 13, 1982. She was his stepdaughter and 13 years of age at the time.

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