Fikes v. State

Defendant was convicted of first degree burglary with intent to ravish Jean Heinz Rockwell- in an apartment dwelling which she occupied, and was sentenced to death,— Section 85, Title 14, Code of 1940.

The evidence was that on Friday night about “10:20” of April 24, 1953, Mrs. Rockwell was asleep in her bedroom. She had two babies, one of whom was in air adjoining bedroom and the younger in her room. Her husband was not at home. When she awakened around “10:15” a Negro man was sitting on her as she lay in bed. She knew he was a Negro but did not see his face as it was covered. She could not…