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STATE v. POLSON

No. 55565.

205 N.W.2d 740 (1973)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Cecil I. POLSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 28, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Life, Davis & Life, Oskaloosa, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Fred M. Haskins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin F. Kelly, Jr., County Atty., Fairfield, and Ira Skinner, Jr., Des Moines, for appellee.

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and MASON, LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP and HARRIS, JJ.

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Cecil I. Polson, was tried, convicted and sentenced for the crime of rape in violation of Code section 698.1. His sole contention on this appeal is the evidence was insufficient to corroborate prosecutrix' testimony as required by Code section 782.4. As material here, it provides: "The defendant in a prosecution for rape, * * * cannot be convicted upon the testimony of the person injured, unless she be corroborated by other evidence...

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