State v. Cannon

Bussey, Justice.

The defendant appellant, Frank Cannon, was convicted of rape and sentenced to death at the June 1965 term of the Court of General Sessions for Spartanburg County. Prior to his trial, motions for a continuance and for a change of venue were denied. The crime, with which Cannon is charged, was committted on the night o.f December 17, 1964. The prosecutrix was a fourteen year old white girl who was engaged as a babysitter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle in the City of Spartanburg. At about 7:45 o’clock P. M. her attacker entered through the rear door of the Carlisle…