STATE v. BROWN

No. 9779.

14 Utah 2d 324 (1963)

383 P.2d 930

STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. MERVIL EDWARD BROWN, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil L. Hansen, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

A. Pratt Kesler, Atty. Gen., Ronald N. Boyce, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


WADE, Justice.

Defendant Brown appeals from a jury verdict judgment finding him guilty of raping Anita, a 16-year-old girl, on a Sunday morning at her home in Farmington, Utah. Anita and the attacker were not acquainted with each other prior to the attack. Brown's defense was an alibi that he was home with his wife at the time, and that he never had seen Anita until about 1:30 a.m., two days later, when Anita and her mother and father identified him at his home in...

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