Taylor v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted by a jury of the crime of rape, while armed with a knife, in violation of Acts of 1941, ch. 148, § 3, 1956 Repl. Burns Ind. Stat. Ann. § 10-4201, I.C. 35-13-4-3, and Acts of 1969, ch. 206, § 1, 1971 Supp. Burns Ind. Stat. Ann. § 10-4709, I.C. 35-12-1-1. He was sentenced to imprisonment for ten (10) years. The errors assigned pertain to the refusal of the trial court to give Defendant’s tendered final instructions number 1 and 2, which were as follows:

*666“DEFENDANT’S INSTRUCTION No. 1

The Court further instructs you that the law is that the life or liberty of a…