Norton v. State

The appellant, aged nineteen, ivas charged by information Avith having raped a girl under the age of sixteen. The jury found him guilty of the lesser offense of carnal abuse and fixed his punishment at three years imprisonment.

There is no real 'question about the sufficiency of the eAÚdence. The accused admitted the act of intercourse but testified that it took place AAdth the cooperation and consent of the prosecuting AATitness. According to the proof she Avas then only fifteen years old; so her consent Avould not be a defense to the charge of carnal abuse. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-3406 (1947);…