Hamblen v. State

On Petition to Reheae.

Plaintiff in error has petitioned the Court for a rehearing of his appeal, complaining that the opinion is erroneous in many particulars. It is contended that it' “overturns the long established rule that actual consent of the female is necessary proof in ‘Violation of Age of Consent Prosecutions ’, also that the element of consent must be corroborated; and furthermore that the opinion abolishes the distinction between the offense of ‘Violating the Age of Consent’ (Code, section 1086) and ‘Rape’ (Code, section 10780).” The petition and brief is largely a reargument of…