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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 39537.

223 Miss. 56 (1955)

76 So.2d 841

JOHNSON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 17, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.G. Wigginton, Gulfport, for appellant.

Wm. E. Cresswell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

Walter Johnson, the appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Harrison County of the crime of rape, and was sentenced to suffer the death penalty. Code of 1942, Sec. 2358. The crime occurred around 10:30 P.M. on the night of March 30, 1954, in the City of Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi. It is undisputed that appellant committed the offense. The prosecutrix, a young white married woman, testified...

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