State v. Kernan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cass District Court. — Hon. W. R. Green, Judge. The defendant was accused of having committed lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 13 years of age, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
1. Criminal law: indictment suffidency. The accused was indicted under section 4938-a, Code Supplement (chapter 173, Acts 32d G. A.) denouncing as a crime the willful commission of “any lewd, immoral, or lascivious act upon or with the body, or any pant thereof, of a child of the age of thirteen years or under, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of such person, or of such child.” The indictment was substantially in the language of this statute and, as it so individuated the offense that the accused had proper notice of the crime…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Lovett v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
- McBean v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- State v. McGruderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Randolph v. LampkinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
- State v. PorterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
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- State v. PrejeanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
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