BROWN v. STATE

No. 56900.

501 So.2d 1131 (1987)

Billy Lee BROWN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Prather, Columbus, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and GRIFFIN, J.


WALKER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

In the Circuit Court of Lowndes County, Billy Lee Brown was convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed to this Court, raising a single assignment of error.

The sole issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying Brown's motion for a directed verdict on the issue of sanity. Brown argues on appeal that Officer Freshour's testimony during the State's case in chief was sufficient...

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