Roberson v. State

BUSSEY, Presiding Justice.

Walter Lee Roberson, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court of Cleveland County for the offense of Rape in the First Degree; his punishment was fixed at ten years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Briefly stated, the evidence at the trial revealed that on March 21, 1970, Ralph Vo-gus was employed at the Holiday Inn in Norman as a night bellman. He testified that the defendant, whom he had previously known, was registered in the motel in room 160. He…