Jimmy Allen v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court reversed the Court of Appeals and reinstated and affirmed Allen’s convictions for six counts of statutory rape. It held that Allen invited or waived any error in the jury instructions because he submitted the instructions that omitted the age-gap element, and it rejected his remaining claims concerning ineffective assistance, venue sufficiency, tender-years hearsay, and Batson. The court concluded that none of the alleged errors warranted reversal.