Opinion ID: 1624994
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: the evidence presented by the prosecution is legally insufficient to support the verdict of guilt, the verdict of the jury evinces prejudice, and the verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence and is contrary to the law in this case.

Text: Under this assignment of error Herring contends that the evidence in this case shows that the victim had consensual intercourse with him. In fact the evidence which was introduced at trial shows that the victim did not have consensual intercourse with Herring. It was shown that the back door to her home had been forced open and Herring's fingerprints were found on that door. It was further shown that: her bedroom door had been broken into; she had placed a 911 emergency call that was interrupted; she had been beaten and stalked; and her vagina had been lacerated during this rape. The physical damage to the victim and the property damage to her home are sufficient to dispel any notion that N.K. was a consenting partner and they point overwhelmingly to her status as a victim of the crime of forcible rape. We have held that a victim's allegations may be corroborated by her physical and mental condition after the incident as well as the fact that she immediately reported the rape. Goss v. State, 465 So.2d 1079, 1082 (Miss. 1985); Barker v. State, 463 So.2d 1080, 1082 (Miss. 1985); and Christian v. State, 456 So.2d 729, 734 (Miss. 1984). When all the evidence on this record is considered in the light most favorable to the verdict, this assignment of error is totally without merit. Fisher v. State, 481 So.2d 203, 212 (Miss. 1985). It is our considered opinion after a careful review of the entire record that the conviction and sentence of Earnest Herring should be, and they are, hereby affirmed. CONVICTION OF RAPE AND SENTENCE OF THIRTY (30) YEARS ARE HEREBY AFFIRMED. ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, P.JJ., and PRATHER, ROBERTSON, ANDERSON, GRIFFIN and ZUCCARO, JJ., concur.