STATE v. TURNER

No. 8319.

3 Utah 2d 285 (1955)

282 P.2d 1045

STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. CHARLES TURNER, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Turner, pro se. D.H. Oliver, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

E.R. Callister, Jr., Atty. Gen., for respondent.


WORTHEN, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of sodomy and appeals.

Defendant claimed the defense of alibi. The only testimony offered concerning the offense was given by the victim and her husband. The testimony established that Cecil George Williams and his wife Fern were retiring for the night to a bed near the shack in which they lived, at about 10 p.m., on July 11, 1954, when the defendant armed with a shotgun and under the influence of...

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