Struggs v. State

Darryl Struggs was charged with rape, tried by a jury in Pike County, Alabama, found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment.

On July 7, 1977, at approximately 9 o'clock in the evening, the victim saw the appellant, Darryl Struggs, at the "schoolhouse" in Brundidge, Alabama. She stated that, at the time, she was on her way to the tennis courts to find her sister and baby and that the appellant called to her and then grabbed her by the arm. According to the victim, the appellant was sitting on the driver's side of his car and had reached through the window on the passenger's side and…