State v. Mahramus

Berry, Chief Justice:

A petition for a writ of error and supersedeas was filed in this Court on July 14, 1972 by Donald Mahramus, the defendant below, hereinafter referred to as defendant, contending that the defendant’s conviction of rape by a jury in the Circuit Court of Hancock County should be reversed because of numerous errors that occurred during the trial. This Court granted an appeal on January 22, 1973 and the case was submitted for decision on September 18, 1973 on the oral arguments and briefs on behalf of the respective parties.

At the beginning of the trial, the circuit court…