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SKAGGS v. STATE

No. 91-KA-00626-SCT.

676 So.2d 897 (1996)

Christopher Hershell SKAGGS, a/k/a Christopher Hershel Skaggs v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Hamilton, Robert A. Pritchard, Pascagoula, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Kenneth C. O'Neal, Sp. Ass't Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, C.J., BANKS and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

I.

INTRODUCTION

Christopher Skaggs was convicted in the Harrison County Circuit Court of forcibly raping a seventy-six year old woman, Mrs. W,1 and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. Skaggs appeals, asserting that he was denied his statutory and constitutional rights to a speedy trial, and that the trial court committed reversible error in excluding certain...

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