Eltory Hawkins a/k/a Eltory Cordarra Hawkins a/k/a Eltory C. Hawkins v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court affirmed Hawkins’s convictions for one count of sexual battery and two counts of fondling, holding that the evidence supported both fondling convictions and that the verdict was not against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. It also held that the first trial’s mistrial was supported by manifest necessity because juror misconduct created a risk that the jury had been irreparably tainted, so the second trial did not violate double jeopardy.