Hoggard v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Edwin Hoggard appeals his conviction of rape by engaging in deviate sexual activity with a six-year-old boy. The state’s case was based on the testimony of the boy that during a number of visits to appellant’s apartment he had been shown pictures of homosexual acts between young men and boys with the suggestion that he and the appellant engage in similar acts. The child said he was fondled and on two occasions appellant put the child’s penis in his mouth.

These charges were reported to the police by the boy’s mother, and a search warrant was issued, producing an abundance…