CAUSEY v. COMMONWEALTH

No. 76-613.

550 S.W.2d 494 (1977)

Opel CAUSEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Emory Farley, Public Defender, Larry H. Marshall, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, for appellant.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Guy C. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

Opel Causey was tried for first degree rape, found guilty, and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. He filed motion and grounds for a new trial. That motion was overruled. Opel appeals from the judgment and order denying the motion. His grounds for reversal are, (1) he was entitled to a directed verdict because the prosecution failed to establish the required corpus delicti of the alleged rape, (2) that the prosecuting witness was not competent to...

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