Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied December 14, 1953.
VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of forcible rape. The information also contained averments under the Habitual Criminal Act. Section 556.280 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. The jury apparently disregarded the evidence of former convictions and assessed defendant's punishment at fifty years in the State penitentiary. Defendant has appealed from the ensuing judgment...
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