Cook v. State

This is a companion case to that of Ellic Lee, alias Ellis Lee, canse No. 41,954, and the records of the two cases are substantially the same.

The appellant and Ellic Lee were indicted separately in Panola County, Mississippi, for having forcibly raped Mrs. Mary Evelyn Ledbetter on June 6, 1960, at her home about ten or twelve miles west of Batesville in Panola County.

Upon motion duly filed requesting a change of venue, the motion was sustained and the cases sent to Coahoma County for trial, where both defendants were found guilty as charged and sentenced to suffer the death penalty.

The record…