State v. Adams

EAGER, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of rape and, after a finding by the Court of prior felony convictions, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. His motion for a new trial had previously been overruled. Defendant was represented at the trial by able appointed counsel; no brief has been filed here, so we examine the merits of all sufficient assignments of error contained in his motion for a new trial, and also those parts of the record required by Rule 28.02, V.A.M.R. Such has long been our universal practice.

The record is lengthy, but we shall need to recite such facts as are necessary for…