Holsclaw v. State

The indictment in this case charged the appellant with having "forcibly ravished Patricia Harper." The jury returned a verdict of guilty of the lesser included offense of assault with intent to ravish. Thereafter, the trial judge set sentence at fifteen years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Appellant's timely motion for a mistrial was overruled.

From the evidence presented by the State at trial, it appeared that the following events transpired in Madison County, Alabama, on the night of May 24th and 25th, 1977:

About 11:00 p.m., Patricia Harper went to a local bar in Huntsville where she met…