Washington v. State

Appellant was charged on August 21, 1969, with the crime of Assault and Battery with Intent to Rape. After three continuances at the request of the appellant and one by the state, the appellant was tried on the charge on February 19, 1970, and found guilty. The appellant was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for not less than one [1] nor more than ten [10] years.

' The record shows that on November 2, 1968, the complaining witness, a female person, was walking on Meridian Street between Maryland and Georgia, in Indianapolis, Indiana. An unknown person grabbed the woman and dragged her into…