GEORGE v. COMMONWEALTH


468 S.W.2d 296 (1971)

Roy Karem GEORGE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Major, Louisville, for appellant.

Roy Karem George, pro se.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., James B. Wooten, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of rape and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment. On appeal he contends he was entitled to a directed verdict, and if not, he was entitled to additional instructions. His defense was an alibi.

The prosecuting witness was 12 years of age. She testified that appellant, who was known to her, entered her home between one and two o'clock in the morning and forced her to leave the house with him. Her mother, with...

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