Walker v. State

The court sitting without a jury found the defendant guilty of assault. The defendant’s contention, on this appeal, that the evidence was insufficient to convict—because the testimony of the prosecutrix, who named him as the assaulter, had not been corroborated—is without merit. No authority in support of this contention was cited and we know of none. On the facts of this case, indeed, we think that we do not even reach the point.

The record shows that the assault took place in the apartment of mutual acquaintances after other participants in a drinking spree had gone to bed. The prosecuting…