JONES v. STATE

No. 56838.

504 So.2d 1196 (1987)

James Earl JONES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Minor, Oxford, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.


GRIFFIN, Justice, for the court:

James Earl Jones was tried and convicted for rape by the Circuit Court of Lafayette County. He was sentenced to serve a term of 35 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

The basis for Jones' whole attack on his conviction is the asserted illegality of the pre-trial identification. Appellant further assigns as error the search of his home, improper closing argument, and introduction of evidence of...

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