POWELL v. STATE

1 Div. 377.

297 So.2d 163 (1974)

John W. POWELL v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

June 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Barnett, Mobile, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Samuel A. Beatty, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


HARRIS, Judge.

Powell was convicted of rape and sentenced to twenty (20) years in the penitentiary. Counsel was appointed to represent him at trial and on this appeal. Upon being arraigned he pleaded not guilty.

Appellant is a black man. The prosecutrix was a young white woman. She was married and living with her husband in Prichard, Alabama, at the time of the offense. They had an eighteen-month old son. Her husband...

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