JONES v. STATE

19966.

213 Ga. 814 (1958)

102 S.E.2d 21

JONES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. W. Larsen, Jr., Larsen & Larsen, E. L. Stephens, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Harold E. Ward, Solicitor-General, H. Dale Thompson, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


HAWKINS, Justice.

E.J. Jones was tried for rape and sentenced from 5 to 10 years. The victim was 8 years of age at the time of the alleged criminal assault, and was 9 years old at the time she testified at the trial, and, therefore, the question of consent is not involved. The defendant's motion for a new trial on the general grounds, and one special ground, was denied, and the exception is to that judgment. Held:

1. The record reveals that the examination...

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