YARBOROUGH v. STATE

No. 57242.

514 So.2d 1215 (1987)

Robert W. YARBOROUGH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Martin, Pascagoula, for appellant.

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

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


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal from a trial court's denial of post-conviction relief arises out of a young rape victim's attempt to recant her trial testimony against her father. The underlying facts alternately tug at the heart strings and outrage the senses as the father's conviction of rape of his minor daughter appears to have destroyed an already fragile family relationship.

In addition to the credibility of the daughter/victim's recanting...

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