Lee v. State

The appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to ravish a female of previously chaste character, under Code 1942, Section 2361. The assigned errors which we shall discuss are: (1) the failure of the State to establish the corpus delicti; (2) the admission of a confession by accused; (3) admission of certain testimony; (4) the granting of the State's motion to reopen its case after both sides had rested; and (5) sentence under the wrong statute.

The following facts were testified to by witnesses for the State. The victim was awakened by severe blows upon her head evidently from an empty…