Legal Opinion · Dissent

State v. Drescher

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 29, 1944No. 33,849PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Dissent

At the age of three years the prosecutrix suffered an attack of infantile paralysis so severe that she has never been able to walk without the aid of crutches. In 1942, she was 36 years of age, very obese, and mentally subnormal. That any man, single or married, unrelated or related by affinity, should sexually covet a woman in her physical and mental condition seems unnatural and abhorrent. That some man did sexually embrace her about June 28, 1942, cannot be disputed in view of the birth of a child to her on March 31, 1943. That conviction of the defendant rests entirely upon her testimony…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. McCulloughSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. DrescherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944

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