Garr v. State

Justice Arterburn Delivered the Opinion of This Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting the appellant of the crime of statutory rape upon a two year old female child. The appellant contends the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict. For that reason, we must to some extent review the evidence and its repulsive features.

Briefly, the evidence shows that the appellant and his wife were at the beach swimming with Mr. Nichols, the father of the child. When the father noticed that the appellant was missing, he drove to his house, where he heard his small daughter crying. He…