State v. Wheeler

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

The appellant, Carlos Wheeler, was arrested, tried by a jury and convicted of robbery and attempted rape. From the sentences imposed, he appeals.

The prosecutrix in this case was a part-time dance instructor and had been married and divorced three times. At about nine o’clock on the evening of May 15, 1969, she went to a night club called the Nite Life to keep a date with a married man. She sat down at the bar, ordered a drink, and there for the first time she met the appellant. Her date did not appear at the Nite Life during the course of the evening.

The appellant told…