Scarber v. State

MiNOR. W. Mill web, Associate Justice.

TMs appeal is from a judgment entered upon a verdict imposing the death penalty against appellant, following his plea of guilty to the crime of rape.

The offense occurred in the early morning hours of August 29, 1955. The prosecutrix, a 76-year-old woman, lived alone in the Willisville community in Nevada County. Appellant entered the home by removing a screen from the back door. After grabbing the prosecutrix by the throat, heating her about the face and threatening to kill her, appellant proceeded to satiate his lust by ravishing her. ’ A deputy sheriff…