Gulley v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted for the rape of Nona Mae Jones, a twenty-one year old female on June 4, 1975, in Montgomery County. The appellant received a sentence of thirty years in the penitentiary. His court appointed trial counsel represents him on this appeal.

Appellant has assigned four grounds for reversible error: (1) Insufficiency of the evidence, (2) remarks of the trial judge were prejudicial, (3) the remarks by the prosecutor about excluded evidence should have been stricken, and (4) a new jury venire should have been drawn after the appellant was seen in handcuffs.

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