People v. Jelks

The victim of the criminal offenses of which the defendant, John Lee Jelks, was convicted testified that her automobile became inoperable early in the morning of April 13, 1969, while she was driving on an expressway. She said that Jelks approached and offered to assist her, and, when her automobile could not be restarted, offered to drive her home. She claimed that he drove into alleys near her home, threatened her with a gun, and robbed and raped her, and required her to commit an act of gross indecency.

She identified Jelks’ photograph from reels containing a large number of photographs and…