Goode v. State

Percy Lee Goode, a Negro, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, on a charge of rape of Rosie Lee Cowan, a Negro. The jury disagreed as to the punishment and he was sentenced to serve life in the state penitentiary. The facts are sordid and lurid and we feel it unnecessary to- recite them in this opinion.

The prosecutrix related a detailed story of how she left her place of work at 1:15 o ’clock on the morning of April 18, 1961, and, on her way home, was accosted by the defendant; that, by the use of a knife, and overpowering her, he put her in fear and compelled her…