DARGHTY v. STATE

No. 57621.

530 So.2d 27 (1988)

Edward Lee DARGHTY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Morgan Wilson, Senatobia, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Pat Flynn, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Edward Lee Darghty appeals from his three convictions in the circuit court of Tate County of having felonious carnal knowledge of his step-daughter, and sentence to four years imprisonment for each charge with the sentences to run consecutively. Because of the improper exclusion of the testimony of a defense witness when Darghty had violated Rule 4.06 of the Uniform Criminal Rules of Circuit Court Practice, we reverse.

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