McLoyd v. State

The appellant was charged by indictment with having "forcibly ravished S_____ E________ M_____, a woman," etc. (R. p. 206) Appellant's case was called for trial in the Circuit Court on July 25, 1978. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, fixing punishment at imprisonment for a term of appellant's natural life. Thereafter, the trial judge set sentence in accordance with this verdict. From the denial of his motion to exclude, a request for the affirmative charge and motion for new trial, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The prosecutrix, Mrs. S____ M_____ S_____, stated that, on March 4, 1978,…