Roundtree v. State

SPECTOR, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of guilt entered upon a jury verdict on a charge of forcible rape. The jury having recommended the defendant to mercy, a life sentence was imposed upon appellant.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s verdict of guilt is conceded by appellant. Since the sentence in this case is life imprisonment, we have nonetheless read the testimony given against the appellant at his trial and find that the evidence was overwhelming. The victim, a young wife of a sailor away from home on active duty with the United States Navy, testified that…