Legal Opinion
State v. Smoot
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1978No. 12299PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALDSON, Justice.
The defendant-appellant, Lester Daniel Smoot, was charged with forcing a 22 year old Pocatello woman to have intercourse with him under threat of bodily harm. The rape was alleged to have taken place during the early morning hours of May 16, 1975. A jury found Smoot guilty of rape upon which a judgment of conviction was entered and he was sentenced to six years in the state penitentiary.
The victim testified at trial as follows: At approximately 7:30 to 8:30 p. m. on May 16, 1975, one of the victim’s co-workers, picked her up at her home with the intention that they go to a…
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