State v. McMillian

STORCKMAN, Judge.

The defendant, Wilbert Roscoe McMil-lian, was found guilty of forcible rape and his punishment was assessed by the jury at life imprisonment. After his motion for new trial was overruled, the defendant was sentenced in accordance with the verdict. The defendant was present at all times during the trial and was also represented by court-appointed counsel who, with commendable fidelity to his client’s cause, has briefed the case in this court. The first assignment of error is that the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal.

The defendant had been living and…