Beckley v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted for burglary in the first degree of the home of Mrs. Frances Biederman. In separate counts the indictment charged the appellant with breaking and entering with the intent to rape, rob and murder Mrs. Biederman. The jury returned a general verdict imposing sentence at life imprisonment.

Prior to the instant conviction the appellant was convicted for the rape of Mrs. Biederman. The burglary and the rape grew out of the same factual situation. The evidence reveals that the appellant and a companion broke into Mrs. Biederman's home on the night of December…