ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I.
This appeal arises from a civil action for assault and battery. A young Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, woman has secured a jury verdict for substantial damages against the man who cruelly raped her. The defendant appeals charging errors in evidentiary rulings at trial and urging reversal.
The matter acquires a special context in that the state's criminal justice arm has found the defendant guilty of rape, and...
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