STATE v. AIKENS

No. 56164.

473 S.W.2d 746 (1971)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Leevert AIKENS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Richard S. Paden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Alfred I. Harris, St. Louis, for appellant.


MORGAN, Presiding Judge.

Charged as a second offender, defendant was tried to a jury and found guilty of the crime of rape. The court assessed punishment at twenty years confinement.

On appeal, defendant submits one point. It is: "[T]he State failed to sustain its burden of proving defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt . . .."

The record reflects that prosecutrix was walking to the home of her aunt...

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