STATE v. DROPE

No. 55489.

462 S.W.2d 677 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. James Edward DROPE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied February 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Thomas H. Stahl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Lester Watson, Richmond Heights, for appellant.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied February 8, 1971.

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Charged as a second offender, defendant was found guilty by a jury of rape. The court assessed the punishment at life imprisonment.

The evidence presented by the State permitted a finding by the jury that on January 17, 1969, defendant and four other men, cooperating together, tied defendant's wife to a bed, and while defendant held a gun at her head...

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