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Criminal Law And Procedure -- 1961 Tennessee Survey (Ii), Robert E. Kendrick

Vanderbilt Law Review

In reviewing Cowan v.State, the Tennessee Supreme Court noted the following facts: Defendant, seeing an automobile stop at an isolated spot on a so-called "lovers' lane," approached it by way of a woods, being unseen by the two teen-age couples in the automobile until he was quite nearby. The occupants' attempt to drive away was thwarted by the defendant's exhibiting and threatening to use a pistol, warning against further escape attempts, and demanding and receiving the ignition key. He then insisted that the girls have sexual intercourse with him; and when they refused, he stated that he would not "take …