Mathis v. State

Frankum, Justice.

This is a rape case. The appellant contends that his conviction was not authorized by the evidence in that the testimony of the prosecuting witness shows that the intercourse was with her consent and that his confession, which was introduced in evidence over his objection, was inadmissible because the corpus delicti was not proved. The evidence showed that the victim and her companion, both young women in their early twenties, were guests at a motel in Hapeville, Georgia, on the night of February 2nd and morning of February 3rd, 1968; that at about 3:30 a.m. they were…