RHODES v. STATE

No. 92-KA-00003-SCT.

676 So.2d 275 (1996)

Lois W. RHODES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Wilkins, Jackson, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, DeWitt T. Allred, III, Special Assistant Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court.

This murder case presents the always perplexing circumstance that the victim and the accused were the only persons present when the wrongful act is alleged to have occurred. Further complicating this case is that the prosecution did not ensue until many years after the event. In the end, the question is whether there was sufficient evidence upon which a reasonable rational fact-finder could conclude that the defendant was guilty beyond...

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