Boggs v. Mississippi
Annotate this CaseSteven Lee Boggs appealed his conviction for one count of gratification of lust, arguing that the trial court erred in allowing the State to present improper character evidence. This case arose out of Boggs’s interactions with three minor victims, K.E., S.S. and D.N. The indictment originally included separate charges concerning Boggs’s misconduct toward S.S. and K.E. However, the charge involving S.S. was dismissed on statute-of-limitations grounds prior to trial. Thus, Boggs was tried only for his misconduct toward K.E. Boggs was charged by a separate indictment for an offense involving D.N., but an order nolle prosequi was entered on that indictment in 2011, before the indictment in the instant case was issued. S.S. and D.N. testified for the State in support of Boggs' conviction for his misconduct against K.E. Boggs testified in his own defense and denied any wrongdoing. At the conclusion of trial, the jury found Boggs guilty as charged, and the trial court sentenced him to serve fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On appeal, Boggs argued that the trial court erred in allowing D.N. and S.S. to testify regarding Boggs’s prior acts of sexual misconduct against them. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed Boggs' conviction.
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