JONES v. STATE

No. 2005-KA-00851-COA.

951 So.2d 568 (2006)

Tommy Lee JONES, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Carl Helmert, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart, attorney for appellee.

Before LEE, P.J., SOUTHWICK and ISHEE, JJ.


LEE, P.J., for the Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Patty Smith1 was in the seventh grade when she confided to an older friend that Tommy Jones, her mother's live-in boyfriend, had been sexually abusing her. The friend, who was also Jones's younger sister, contacted the authorities. Patty was given a pelvic exam at Baptist Memorial Hospital and at the Memphis Sexual Assault Center. Both exams confirmed that Patty...

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