Hollis v. State

Appellant-defendant, an indigent here and at nisi prius, was indicted in Marshall County for rape and convicted therefor by a jury. The trial court sentenced him to thirty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The alleged rape took place in a semi-isolated area to which the victim was transported in an automobile occupied by defendant and two male companions.

The transportation began when the victim was accosted as she was walking alone with her dog which she located in an area where she had gone with a female companion in the latter's automobile. This friend did not have time to wait…