Ramos v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant Ramos was charged by grand jury indictment with the crime of rape, a class B felony. After a jury trial he was convicted and sentenced to prison for a period of fourteen years. He asks that his conviction be reversed because of the introduction of evidence against him at trial in his absence and because the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.

Appellant contends that the evidence serving to prove that the intercourse was compelled by force or imminent threat of force was insufficient to support the jury verdict. In determining this question we do not…