State v. Allen

Shorett, J. †

Appellant James Eugene Allen and. two other young men were charged in separate counts of an information with the crimes of conspiring to commit rape and rape. All were acquitted of the conspiracy charge. The appellant and one other defendant were convicted, and the third defendant acquitted, of rape.

The appellant appeals alleging error by the trial court in restricting the cross-examination of the prosecutrix regarding prior acts of unchastity or general reputation in this regard and in denying the appellant’s motions to dismiss for lack of evidence. It is further claimed that…