BIGGERS v. STATE


411 S.W.2d 696 (1967)

Archie Nathaniel BIGGERS, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Looby & Williams, Nashville, Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, of counsel, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Robert F. Hedgepath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State.

John Hollins, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Nashville, prosecuted the case for the State in the trial court.


OPINION

DYER, Justice.

Plaintiff in error, Archie Nathaniel Biggers, herein referred to as defendant, appeals from a conviction of rape for which he has been sentenced to serve twenty (20) years in the State Vocational Training School for Boys. Defendant at the time of the crime was sixteen years old.

The victim, Mrs. Margaret Beamer, is a married woman with five children. On the night of 22 January 1965...

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