FORBES v. STATE


559 S.W.2d 318 (1977)

Douglas Macarthur FORBES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Cowan, Jr., Tucker, Cowan & LaPorte, Elizabethton, for petitioner.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., David L. Raybin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lewis W. May, Dist. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent.


OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this rape case in order to consider the question of the right of the trial judge to require that a rape victim submit to a psychological examination and to examine the issues of the sufficiency of the identification and of the alibi and insanity defenses.

Petitioner was convicted of rape and sentenced to serve fifty years in the State Penitentiary. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed. We granted...

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