GIBSON v. STATE


362 S.W.2d 470 (1962)

Richard GIBSON, Jr. v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal H. Clements, Jr., Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Walker T. Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


PREWITT, Chief Justice.

The defendant below, Richard Gibson, Jr., was convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced to serve ten years in the State Prison.

This case arises out of the criminal assault upon the person of Peggy Linkous, the prosecutrix in this case.

The facts are that on the evening of the alleged rape the prosecutrix had a date with one Grover Stanifer, and this was on her birthday and that...

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