Lewis v. State

Rape; sentence: life imprisonment.

The record indicates that the alleged offense occurred on December 7, 1976, a little after 1:00 p.m. at Park Manor Apartments, Birmingham, Alabama, in the office/apartment of the resident manager. The prosecutrix was the resident manager. The evidence for the State revealed that the appellant entered the prosecutrix's apartment on the pretext of filling out an application to rent an apartment. While inside the apartment, appellant forced the prosecutrix at gunpoint to submit to sexual intercourse against her will.

The prosecutrix was then dragged naked around…