Spencer v. United States

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

The appeal is from conviction of the crime of robbery. The evidence adduced by the prosecution is substantially as follows : Defendant and one Eva Brown accosted the prosecuting witness, designated as John Jones, on the street, inducing him to accompany the latter woman to a room where he engaged in sexual intercourse with her. At her suggestion, he removed his trousers and placed them on a chair at the foot of the bed. While he was on the bed, in the act of intercourse, defendant came into the room and sat on the chair, ostensibly to change her shoes. After he had…