Mitchell v. State

Sam Bobinson, Associate Justice.

The appellant, a Negro 23 years of age, was convicted of raping a crippled white woman 77 years of age. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and fixed the punishment at death by electrocution. The overwhelming and uncontradicted evidence proves appellant guilty beyond any shadow of a doubt. In fact, there is no contention that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict.

It would serve no useful purpose to set out here the sordid details. Not only did the appellant commit the crime of rape, but he also robbed the victim of his attack. He was arrested…