State v. Stowers

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of Forcible Rape where the jury assessed his punishment at five years imprisonment. The prosecutrix, a nineteen year old, knew the defendant from work and had enlisted his “aid” for the purpose of procuring some false identification. Pursuant to this goal, she assented to a meeting on a gravel road in Audrain County. She testified that he threatened her with a knife and forcibly raped her.

On appeal, defendant perfects two points of error: 1) that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of an improperly conducted polygraph test…