Gonzales v. State

This appeal is prosecuted from the judgment and sentence of the trial court based upon a finding of guilt of the crime of first degree rape alleged to have been committed by the defendant upon Evelyn Marie Boelter, after 2 a. m. on October 1, 1972, in Big Horn County. Since the prosecu-trix was the only witness who testified as to this actual occurrence her testimony must be examined fully to make a disposition of this case.

She was at the time 33 years old, the mother of three children, and had been divorced at the time of the occurrence. She was working at a bar in Byron, having had…