CLANTON v. STATE

No. 58142.

539 So.2d 1024 (1989)

Charles Ralph CLANTON, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Smith, Tom P. Calhoun, III, Greenwood, for appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Deirdre D. McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ZUCCARO, JJ.


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice for the Court:

Charles Ralph Clanton has appealed his conviction in the circuit court of Leflore County of rape, in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-65(2) (1985) and sentence to 25 years imprisonment.

The issues we address are the refusal of the circuit court to permit Clanton to offer into evidence before the jury two statements he gave to arresting officers, and alleged error in admitting testimony of David Swider that...

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