State v. Pilcher

LeGRAND, Justice.

Fortunately we need not recite at length the shocking details of this crime. It occurred on the morning of December 16, 1966. Complaining witness was then working at the Hideout Lounge, a tavern owned by her sister. Defendant, having finished work on the night shift at the John Deere Works, stopped at the tavern, had several bottles of beer and robbed the complaining witness of the tavern proceeds at gunpoint. He then compelled her to accompany him to a secluded spot in or near Des Moines where by force, and against her will, he had sexual intercourse with her. There is…