Roseboro v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Timothy Roseboro was found guilty of the rape and malice murder of Jacqueline O’Neal, and of the burglary of her apartment. He was sentenced to two life terms and twenty years in prison.

O’Neal’s body was discovered in her apartment some thirty-five to fifty hours after her death. Her throat had been cut with a sharp instrument; her skull had been fractured, before death, probably with the butt of a pistol; her clothing had been either rearranged or removed altogether. There were spermatozoa in her vagina.

After the discovery of the body, suspicion centered on Roseboro, who…