Ware v. Commonwealth

The trial court, sitting without a jury, found Stanford Ware, Jr., guilty under two indictments, tried jointly, one charging abduction and the other rape of Mrs. Carolyn Mays, and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of 30 years on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. By his several assignments of error, Ware challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to establish venue on the rape charge or to support either conviction.

About 1:00 a.m. on March 19, 1972 as Mrs. Mays was returning to her car with groceries purchased at the Giant Open Air Market in the…