Powell v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Powell was convicted of rape and sentenced to twenty (20) years in the penitentiary. Counsel was appointed to represent him at trial and on this appeal. Upon being arraigned he pleaded not guilty.

Appellant is a black man. The prosecutrix was a young white woman. She was married and living with her husband in Prichard, Alabama, at the time of the offense. They had an eighteen-month old son. Her husband’s hours of employment were eight a. m. to five p. m. The wife had a part-time job at a large department store in a shopping center in Mobile. She worked from five p. m. until nine…