Stasel v. Commonwealth

HOGG, Judge.

The appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of- the crime of rape and was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the state penitentiary.

He seeks a reversal of the case and the chief error assigned concerns statements, alleged to- have been prejudicial to his substantial rights, made by the Commonwealth’s Attorney in his closing argument to the jury.

In view of our decision in this-case, it is unnecessary to state the facts-in detail. Gladys Shoemaker, single and 54 years of age, at her home in a rural section of Hart County on or about December-26, 1953, was raped. She…