Palmer v. State

This case involved a criminal charge of rape brought by the State of Indiana against the defendant-appellant, of which he was found guilty by a jury and for which he was sentenced to the Indiana Youth Center.

On October 2, 1971, Katherine Hodge, a white female, 21 years of age, resided in one of several occupied upstairs apartments in the City of Columbus, Indiana, at 715 Sycamore Street.

Miss Hodge was a telephone operator in Columbus, and worked on the second shift, usually getting off work about 11 o’clock at night.

On the night in question, at about 12 :S0 Á.M., Kathy Hodge was home from…