Shadle v. State

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by Lawrence W. Shadle from the Circuit Court of Mobile County, where he was convicted by a jury of the crime of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment.

It is a case where the defendant does not deny that the crime was committed, but he does deny that it is he who is the guilty party.

Upon the trial of the case the evidence disclosed that on the afternoon of January Í, 1965, the victim, aged 12, and her 2 eleven year old companions were riding their bicycles in the Navco Shopping Center located at the intersection of Navco Road and McVay Drive in Mobile,…