WILSON v. STATE

No. 57299.

515 So.2d 1181 (1987)

Jeffrey WILSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mager A. Varnado, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Jeffrey Wilson was tried in December 1985 in the Circuit Court of Harrison County and convicted of capital rape. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. From this conviction and sentence, Wilson appeals. We affirm.

The jury found Wilson guilty of the capital rape of his seven-year-old stepdaughter. We find the testimony and evidence against Wilson quite convincing and amply sufficient to sustain the verdict. Wilson's challenge...

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