PURTLE, Justice.
The Jefferson County Circuit Court convicted appellant of rape and sentenced him to a term of 40 years. On appeal he alleges (1) the insufficiency of the evidence; (2) the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal; and, (3) the trial court should have granted a mistrial. We cannot agree with any of these arguments.
We first deal with the sufficiency of the evidence. The twelve year old victim testified that the appellant placed...
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