Title: McKorkle v. State
Citation: 305 So. 2d 361
Docket Number: 48163
State: Mississippi
Issuer: Mississippi Supreme Court
Date: December 23, 1974

305 So. 2d 361 (1974) Jackie Lee McKORKLE v. STATE of Mississippi. No. 48163. Supreme Court of Mississippi. December 23, 1974. Robert E. Arrington, Hattiesburg, for appellant. A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee. GILLESPIE, Chief Justice: Jackie Lee McKorkle was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Forrest County of the crime of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed to this Court and raises only one question. We affirm. Defendant argues that the trial court erred in not granting a motion to dismiss the charges because the crime was committed in Lamar County and the Circuit Court of Forrest County did not have venue jurisdiction. The defendant was indicted under Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated section 97-3-65, which provides in part as follows: The proof amply supported the charges. The victim was given by the defendant a pill called "quaylude" which produced dizziness and a stupor that rendered the victim unable to resist the defendant's assault. Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated section 99-11-19 provides: A case identical in principle is Aldridge v. State, 232 Miss. 368, 99 So. 2d 456 (1958). In that case the Court said: The administering of the pill to the victim was an essential element of the crime alleged in the indictment and established by the proof. This occurred in Forrest County, while the actual rape took place in Lamar County. Under the foregoing statute as construed by this Court in Aldridge, the venue was properly laid in Forrest County. There being no reversible error, the case should be and it is affirmed. Affirmed. SMITH, ROBERTSON, SUGG and BROOM, JJ., concur.