STAFFORD v. STATE

No. 2-882A232.

455 N.E.2d 402 (1983)

Billie Joe STAFFORD, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Cromer, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Cynthia Sue Stanley, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


SHIELDS, Judge.

Defendant Billie Joe Stafford (Stafford) appeals his conviction of rape, a class B felony, I.C. 35-42-4-1(a)(3) (Burns Code Ed., Repl. 1979).1 He raises the following issues on appeal:

1) whether it was a manifest abuse of discretion to determine the victim was competent to testify; 2) whether it was error to refuse to admit as evidence the results of a polygraph examination; 3) whether there...

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