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BURTON v. COMMONWEALTH

269 S.W.2d 210 (1954)

BURTON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 25, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom P. Senff, Mt. Sterling, Harvey T. Lisle, Winchester, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., R. R. Craft, J. Smith Hayes, Winchester, for appellee.

SIMS, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Gene Burton, was convicted of forcibly raping Helen Cline, a 15 year old girl, against her will. His punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for 10 years. He assigns only one ground for reversal; the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence. This necessitates a review of the evidence. However, in so doing we will not go into details but it will suffice to give the substance...

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