UNITED STATES v. GRAY

No. 72-1776.

477 F.2d 444 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America v. George GRAY, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

March 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Middleton, Jr., Falls Church, Va. (appointed by this Court), was on the brief for appellant.

Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Roger M. Adelman and Frederick C. Moss, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before LEVENTHAL and ROBB, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAM JAMESON, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Montana.


PER CURIAM:

On this appeal from a conviction of forceable rape and burglary, the only issue is whether the testimony of the prosecutrix was sufficiently corroborated.

Appellant urges that corroboration of the corpus delicti requires independent evidence tending to establish each and every material element of the offense. Specifically, he contends that because the Government's proof as to penetration rested wholly on the complainant's testimony, his...

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