Leeper v. State

*241OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

Charles Roy Leeper and James Leo Ca-son were convicted in consolidated rape cases by a jury in the Criminal Court of Davidson County. Each defendant received two fifteen-year sentences, which were ordered by the trial court in the judgment imposed to be served consecutively. The defendants were and are represented by privately-retained counsel. During the trial, counsel for Cason became ill. The contention of both defendants in assignments of error is premised on the illness of counsel and that the evidence preponderates against their guilt and in favor of their innocence.

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