State v. Holcomb

Citations

• 73 Wash. 652
• 132 P. 416
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1655

Syllabus

<p>Rape — Evidence—Corroboration—Sufficiency. A prosecutrix for forcible rape is sufficiently corroborated, “by other evidence,” within the requirement of Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2443, where it appears that she made complaint to a girl friend on the same afternoon shortly after the commission of the offense, and also to her mother upon her mother’s return home a day or so later.</p> <p>Appeal — Review — Harmless Error — Instructions. It is not error to refuse requested instructions where the instructions given properly cover the law of the case.</p> <p>Rape — Evidence—Prior Acts by Prosecutrix With Third Persons — Admissibility. In a prosecution for forcible rape, prior acts of intercourse on the part of the prosecuting witness, with persons other than the defendant, cannot be shown, either on cross-examination of the prosecutrix or by evidence of third persons, for the purpose of affecting her credibility.</p>