TILLIS v. STATE

SC 823.

296 So.2d 892 (1974)

Clarence Junior TILLIS, alias v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Cain, Ozark, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Montgomery and Jonathan P. Gardberg, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mobile, for the State.


FAULKNER, Justice.

The defendant, Tillis, was charged in a two-count indictment with rape, and burglary with intent to steal or commit rape. He was tried by a jury in the Coffee County Circuit Court and found guilty on both counts. Punishment was set by the jury at 56 years in the State penitentiary.

The facts surrounding this case are: On July 1, 1973, prosecutrix was alone at her home in Enterprise, Alabama, watching television in her living room, dressed...

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