Talley v. State

CHAPMAN, J.:

The appellant, Lonnie Lee Talley, was indicted by a grand jury of Duval County, Florida, for the crime of rape alleged to have been committed in said County on July 22, 1947. On September 22,1947, he was placed upon trial and a jury, after hearing the evidence of the parties and instructions of the Court, rendered a verdict of guilty as charged. A motion for a new trial was made and by the trial court denied, when the appellant was adjudged guilty of said crime and the death penalty imposed by an appropriate sentence. An appeal has been perfected here.

The testimony adduced…