Roundtree v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
The testimony forming the basis for the judgment of guilty of assault with intent to commit rape indisputably showed that the appellant, a caddie, attacked the prosecuting witness, a woman golfer, in a secluded place near a golf course, threw her to the ground, threatened to kill her if she screamed, and placed his body on hers. In fact, he offered no testimony whatever to refute that which unquestionably established conduct constituting an assault with intent to have sexual intercourse with his victim.
Nothing will be accomplished by detailing further the circumstances of the despicable…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rye v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
3Cited by4 opinions
- Tooley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
- Gilchrist v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
- Giorge v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Hightower v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968