Holt v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

On appeal from his conviction of rape, the appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict and that the trial court erred in refusing to declare a mistrial based on indications given by the jury during the course of its deliberations that it was hopelessly deadlocked.

The victim was 15 years old at the time the events in question took place and was more or less on her way to her grandmother’s house from school. Rather than proceeding there directly, however, she decided first to walk to the home of a former boyfriend who lived in the…