Contee v. State

The defendant (Gordon Leon Contee), a Negro, was indicted, tried and convicted by a jury of raping a white woman, and from the judgment and sentence entered on the verdict of guilty, he has appealed to this Court.

Since the defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence, a detailed 'statement of the facts and the attendant circumstances would serve no useful purpose. It will suffice to say that there was ample testimony, if believed, to convict the defendant despite his défense that the prosecuting witness had consented to the sexual intercourse which ensued after he had forcibly…