Sutterfield v. State

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge.

Floyd Dillard Sutterfield, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried, and convicted in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, for the offense of First Degree Rape; his punishment was fixed at fifteen (15) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the non-jury trial, Charlotte Ann Dutcher, age 14, testified that on September 30, 1969, she was living at the Sand Springs Home. On the day in question she was brought from the Hillcrest Hospital to the “big house” by the defendant’s…