Case Name: Meadows v. State
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1953-02-09
Citations: 216 Miss. 513
Docket Number: No. 38629
Parties: Meadows v. State.
Judges: McGehee, G. J., and Hall, Lee, and Ethridge, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 216
Pages: 513–514

Head Matter:
Meadows v. State.
Feb. 9, 1953
No. 38629
19 Adv. S. 21
62 So. 2d 778
Davis & Davis, for appellant.
Geo. II. Ethridge, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Opinion:
Arrington, J.
The appellant was indicted and convicted of an attempt to rape and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years. From that judgment, he appeals.
We have carefully examined the record in this case and find that the testimony is insufficient to establish an overt act toward the commission of the offense charged, as required under the statute. See. 2017, Miss. Code 1942. State v. Lindsey, 202 Miss. 896, 32 So. 2d 876.
The requested peremptory instruction should have been granted.
Reversed and appellant discharged.
McGehee, G. J., and Hall, Lee, and Ethridge, JJ., concur.