Pitts v. Mississippi
Annotate this CaseCody Pitts was convicted by jury on one count of touching a child for lustful purposes, for which the circuit court sentenced him to a ten year sentence at the Mississippi Department of Corrections without the possibility of parole or early release. Pitts appealed his conviction and sentence, arguing: (1) the trial court abused its discretion by admitting evidence under Mississippi Rule of Evidence 803(25)—the tender-years exception to the rule against hearsay; and (2) the trial court abused its discretion by giving jury instruction S-6: an instruction concerning the uncorroborated testimony of a sex-crime victim. After review, the Mississippi Supreme Court found the trial court did not abuse its discretion, and affirmed.
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