Rogers v. State

OPINION

MITCHELL, Judge.

The defendant Roosevelt Rogers, whom we refer to as the defendant or by name, was convicted in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, of unlawful carnal knowledge of a female child under twelve years of age, the jury fixed the punishment at life imprisonment. His motion for a new trial was heard and overruled and his appeal perfected to this Court.

The facts may be seen from the following summary of the testimony.

Mary Jo Stewart testified she was eleven years of age, that on July 9, 1968, she was on the porch playing and the defendant called her in the house,…