Callins v. State

OPINION

SIMMS, Judge:

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, of the crime of Rape in the First Degree, After Former Conviction of a Felony, in a two-stage proceeding, and sentenced to the term of One Thousand Five Hundred (1500) Years in the state penitentiary, in accordance with the jury verdict. From the judgment and sentence in the case, appellant has perfected a timely appeal to this Court.

At trial, the alleged victim of the rape testified she was 19 years of age. On September 19, 1970, she left home for work about 6:15 A.M., driving a 1969 model light…