418 So. 2d 65 - Otis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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27 state decisions

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1. “Although she was not corroborated as to the actual rape itself, there were other facts surrounding the incident which had corroboration. It is conceded that a person may be found guilty of rape on the uncorroborated testimony of the prosecuting witness”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gordon v. State · 887 So. 2d 840 - Green v. State

2. “The State argues that such evidence was admissible to show the lustful, lascivious disposition of the appellant to rape the prosecutrix. In Speagle v. State, 390 So.2d 990 (Miss. 1980), the defendant was tried for incest, and the Court stated that other acts of sexual relations between the defendant and the victim were admissible for that purpose. Davis v. State, 367 So.2d 445 (Miss. 1979), a case involving the "crime against nature" with an eleven year old female child, held that it was not error for the victim to testify that the defendant had subjected her to the same acts on former occasions, in view of the nature of the offense and the circumstances. In Brooks v. State, 242 So.2d 865 (Miss. 1970), the defendant was convicted of statutory rape. The Court held that, in cases involving females under the age of consent, evidence of other sexual acts were admissible. English v. State, 206 Miss. 170 , 39 So.2d 876 (1949), was partially overruled... . [ 418 So.2d at 68 ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 441 So. 2d 1359 - Hicks v. State

3. “an IQ of 77 or 78 and the mentality of about an 11-year old”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 423 So. 2d 800 - McQueen v. State