Price v. State
| Docket Number: | 2001-KA-01629-COA | |
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Opinion Link Opinion Date: 06-03-2003 Opinion Author: King, P.J. Holding: Affirmed |
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Topic: Rape - Weight of evidence Judge(s) Concurring: McMillin, C.J., Southwick, P.J., Bridges, Thomas, Lee, Irving, Myers, Chandler and Griffis, JJ. Procedural History: Jury Trial Nature of the Case: CRIMINAL - FELONY |
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| Trial Court: |
Date of Trial Judgment: 04-04-2000 Appealed from: Yazoo County Circuit Court Judge: Jannie M. Lewis Disposition: RAPE: TO SERVE A SENTENCE OF TEN YEARS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS District Attorney: James H. Powell, III Case Number: 99-8536 |
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| Appellant: | J. B. Price, Jr. |
GODFREY RONALD TILLMAN |
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| Appellee: | State of Mississippi | OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: SCOTT STUART |
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| Topic: | Rape - Weight of evidence |
| Summary of the Facts: | J. B. Price was convicted of rape and was sentenced to ten years. He appeals. |
| Summary of Opinion Analysis: | Price argues that the verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, because the victim’s testimony was in many respects improbable and unreasonable. The victim testified that Price put his penis in her vagina, that she did not want to have sex with him, and that he forced her to do so. The unsupported word of the victim of a sex crime is sufficient to support a guilty verdict where that testimony is not discredited or contradicted by other credible evidence. Here, the record contained sufficient credible evidence upon which the jury could find that Price was guilty. |
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