Hampton v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Tulsa county of the crime of rape in the first degree, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for 30 years.

The defendant contends that the state’s evidence was insufficient to support a verdict of guilty.

The evidence of the state was sufficient to establish that the defendant, a negro, about 38 years of age, committed rape upon the person of Willie Mae Martin, a 12 year old negro girl.

The defendant next contends that the court erred in permitting the state to…