Driver v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
The appellant, Melvin Leon Driver, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-78-2622, for the offense of Rape in the First Degree, pursuant to 21 O.S.1971, §§ 1111 and 1114, was sentenced to forty (40) years’ imprisonment, and he appeals.
Between the dates of May 17, and May 31, 1978, four (4) rapes occurred in the northwest section of Oklahoma City under similar peculiar circumstances. Shortly thereafter, the defendant was apprehended in that area and was charged with the rape of the prosecutrix. While…
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