JOHNSON v. STATE


296 S.W.2d 832 (1956)

Raymond JOHNSON v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. Flynn and H.O. Pollard, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

Nat Tipton, Advocate Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


PREWITT, Justice.

The defendant, Raymond Johnson, was convicted for the offense of sodomy with punishment fixed at five years in the State Prison.

At the time of the commission of the alleged offense the defendant, Johnson, was seventeen years of age and his victim was a seven year old boy. The parents of the little boy both worked and he was in charge of his aunt as a baby sitter when the alleged offense was committed.

The little boy testified that...

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