DIXON v. COMMONWEALTH


487 S.W.2d 928 (1972)

Louis Samuel DIXON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gross C. Lindsay, Trimble & Lindsay, Henderson, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Mary Ann Delaney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Louis Samuel Dixon, an adult Negro, was convicted of indulging in indecent or immoral practices with a child under the age of fifteen (a 13-year-old white boy), in violation of KRS 435.105. The jury fixed his punishment at the maximum prescribed by the statute — 10 years' imprisonment — and judgment was entered accordingly. Dixon appeals from the judgment of conviction.

Dixon's contention that the verdict is not supported...

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