State v. Benner

WERNICK, Justice.

Defendant was indicted at the October 1969 Term of the Superior Court in Knox County. In three separate counts, the indictment charged that defendant had committed the crimes, respectively, of kidnapping, assault with intent to kill, and assault with intent to rape a female (identified) over the age of fourteen years and not standing in the relation of parent or child to the defendant.

In the midst of manifold maneuverings which had commenced when the prosecution had served and filed a demand for notice of alibi and defendant, by appropriate motion, had sought a bill of…