MITCHELL, Justice.
The defendant was tried and convicted on a proper bill of indictment charging him with one count of first-degree sexual offense. The trial court entered a sentence of life in prison for that offense. On appeal the defendant contends that the trial court's jury instructions were defective and that the sentence of life for a sexual crime is cruel and unusual punishment. We do not agree.
At trial the State's evidence tended to show that during...
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