BRANCH v. STATE

No. 2007-KA-00579-SCT.

998 So.2d 411 (2008)

Sylvester BRANCH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia L. Watkins, William R. Labarre, James Adam Powers, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, attorney for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., DICKINSON and LAMAR, JJ.


LAMAR, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This case is before the Court on appeal from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, where Sylvester Branch was convicted of statutory rape and gratification of lust. Branch argues that: (1) the trial court erred when it permitted expert testimony as to the credibility of the victim, claiming it to be irrelevant and inadmissable hearsay; and (2) it was reversible error to deny Branch's motion for a...

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