Garrison v. State

BUSSEY, Judge.

John Barton Garrison, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court of Tulsa County for the crime of Assault with Intent to Rape; he was sentenced to serve a term of five years imprisonment in the state penitentiary, and from said judgment and sentence he appeals.

Briefly stated, the record reveals that the defendant accosted the prosecutrix on the evening of August 16, 1968. Under the threat of death he forced her into the bushes between two houses and after compelling her to disrobe and molesting her, he was advised that the…