MATHIS v. STATE

24905.

224 Ga. 816 (1968)

165 S.E.2d 140

MATHIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 21, 1968.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland & Garland, Reuben A. Garland, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, Solicitor General, Carter Goode, Tony H. Hight, J. Walter LeCraw, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, for appellee.


FRANKUM, Justice.

This is a rape case. The appellant contends that his conviction was not authorized by the evidence in that the testimony of the prosecuting witness shows that the intercourse was with her consent and that his confession, which was introduced in evidence over his objection, was inadmissible because the corpus delicti was not proved. The evidence showed that the victim and her companion, both young women in their early twenties, were guests at a motel...

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