Tillis v. State

FAULKNER, Justice.

The defendant, Tillis, was charged in a two-count indictment with rape, and burglary with intent to steal or commit rape. He was tried by a jury in the Coffee County Circuit Court and found guilty on both counts. Punishment was set by the jury at 56 years in the State penitentiary.

The facts surrounding this case are: On July 1, 1973, prosecutrix was alone at her home in Enterprise, Alabama, watching television in her living room, dressed in a blouse and underwear. She was seven months pregnant. At 12:00 or 12:30 A.M. she heard a noise in the back bedroom, to which she paid…