State v. Nelson

OPINION

SAMUEL L. LEWIS, Special Judge.

Appellees, Oddie and Clara J. Nelson, were indicted and charged under two (2) separate indictments. One indictment charged that they did carnally know and abuse Rebecca Nelson, a female under 12 years of age, and the other charged that they did carnally know and abuse Sheila Jane Nelson, a female under 12 years of age.

They filed a motion to dismiss each of the indictments, stating that they were indicted under T.C.A. § 39-3705, a general statute, and that if they were to be indicted at all they should have been indicted under T.C.A. § 39-705.

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