JACKSON, Miss. —
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has ordered new trial in a statutory rape case from Noxubee County.
R.C. Hibbler was serving a 20-year sentence when a majority of the court agreed Tuesday with his claims that his attorney didn't do a good job and ordered a new trial.
Hibbler was convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old girl when he was 69 in 2005.
Missing person
Authorities are searching for a missing 20 year-old autistic male.
(PHOTOS) Enterprise in the Class 2A State Championship
Slideshow of Enterprise in the Class 2A State Championship fast pitch series.
(PHOTOS) Newton County wins Class 4A
Slideshow of Newton County in the Class 4A State Championship fast pitch series.
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Slideshow of Neshoba Central in the Class 5A State Championship fast pitch series.
A sport utility truck has plowed into the children's play area of a McDonald's restaurant outside of Jackson, Miss., injuring five people.
An 18-year-old student at the Clinton district's Alternative School has been charged in one of the three bomb threats that have been phoned in to Clinton High since last Friday.
SLIDESHOW: Texas storms damage homes, uproot trees
After a series of tornadoes touched down outside Dallas, residents of many Texas communities are cleaning up.
VIDEO: Man hands out Abercrombie clothes on Skid Row in bid to shame brand
Anger has mounted online against clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch due to comments made by its chief executive and its strategy of not making women's clothing in any size above large.
This amounts to spying on an American news organization -- common practice in dictatorships but scary conduct in a democratic system that prizes the public value of an independent watchdog press.
A 24-year-old Lowndes County man has been sentenced to eight years for the death of his friend in a fatal accident more than two years ago.
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