DeFries v. State

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Johnny Ira DeFries, the appellant, was charged with separate indictments with first degree sodomy and first degree rape. After a jury trial, at which he represented himself, he was acquitted of the sodomy charge, was convicted of the rape charge, and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He raises nine issues on this appeal of that conviction.

I

First, he complains that he was denied the right to a preliminary hearing guaranteed by…