Johnson v. State

Walter Johnson, the appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Harrison County of the crime of rape, and was sentenced to suffer the death penalty. Code of 1942, Sec. 2358. The crime occurred around 10:30 P. M. on the night of March 30, 1954, in the City of Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi. It is undisputed that appellant committed the offense. The prosecutrix, a young white married woman, testified that appellant had a knife and threatened the life of herself and her sister, with whom she was going home, unless she submitted to his demands.

She unequivocally identified Johnson as…