NORTON v. STATE

No. 5105.

376 S.W.2d 267 (1964)

Osie NORTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. C. Crow, Hope, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., by Richard B. Adkisson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant, aged nineteen, was charged by information with having raped a girl under the age of sixteen. The jury found him guilty of the lesser offense of carnal abuse and fixed his punishment at three years imprisonment.

There is no real question about the sufficiency of the evidence. The accused admitted the act of intercourse but testified that it took place with the cooperation and consent of the prosecuting witness. According...

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