BUTLER v. STATE

No. 28,702.

229 Ind. 241 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 492

BUTLER v. STATE OF INDIANA.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed March 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence C. Ammon, of Indianapolis, and J. Creighton Ball, of Danville, for appellant.

J. Emmett McManamon, Attorney General; Frank E. Coughlin and John Ready O'Connor, Deputy Attorneys General, for appellee.


DRAPER, J.

The appellant was charged by way of a grand jury indictment with raping a seven year old female child. See Burns' 1942 Replacement, § 10-4201. He waived jury trial, was tried by the court, and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment.

To reach the merits we must overlook certain procedural defects and the shortcomings of appellant's brief. Because of the nature of the offense charged and the severity of the penalty imposed, we shall consider...

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