Trotter & Harris v. State

Carretón Harris, Chief Justice.

On the night of February 16, 1963, a young woman resident of Monticello, a school teacher, 23 years of age, and her escort, Jerry Wilson, whom she had dated for some two years, parked in a lonely area in Drew County. The couple, on the evening in question, had previously met at a basketball game, following which they went to two restaurants, and, after leaving other friends, about midnight, drove to a country road, known as the old college road, and sometimes called “lovers’ lane.” According to the testimony of the young woman, they talked and listened to the…