Hodges v. State

Ed. E. MoEaddiN, Justice.

Albert Hodges was convicted of rape {% 3403, Pope’s Digest), and sentenced to cleatli. By this appeal lie seeks either a reversal of the conviction, or a reduction of the sentence to life imprisonment. This being a capital case, § 4257, Pope’s Digest, prescribes the extent of the review.

Í. She Sufficiency of the Evidence. While the appellant denied the actual rape, he admitted being at the home of the prosecuting witness at about 2:00 a. m., and admitted that he placed his hands on her, but claimed that his motive was robbery and not rape. The prosecuting witness (a…