McLoyd v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
A jury found defendant guilty of rape. The court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for life and sentenced him accordingly.
Appellant says that the trial court should have granted defendant's motion for a new trial on grounds alleging in effect that the verdict was contrary to the great weight of the evidence.
The undisputed evidence shows that the alleged victim, a married woman, was raped at her home. This undisputed fact is not questioned by appellant. His attack upon the sufficiency of the evidence is aimed exclusively at the question of the identity of the rapist. Defendant testified…
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2Cases cited15 opinions
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- McLaren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
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