Robinson v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

This is another interracial rape case. Robinson was represented at arraignment and trial by court-appointed counsel. The jury fixed his punishment at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. Other counsel was appointed to represent him on appeal, and he is here with a free transcript.

The facts are not in dispute as to the actual rape. Appellant’s defense was an alibi but he did not testify.

Around 2:00 A.M. on May 12, 1973, the prosecutrix was in an automobile alone on the exit street from 1-85 and was stopped at the traffic light at Union Street. A black male walked up to the…