State v. Gray

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of forcible rape by the verdict of the jury under § 559.260. * Having been found to be a second offender under § 556.280 he was sentenced by the court to five years’ imprisonment in the Department of Corrections. On this appeal, among other points, he challenges the submissibility to the jury of the state’s case against him.

The victim and prosecuting witness was Sharon Yvonne Huffman, age 27, who lived with her parents and three sisters. On January 7, 1966, she worked as a receptionist and switchboard operator for the Y.M. C.A. in…