Gronowicz v. State

The appellant makes two assignments of error:

1. The court erred in denying the defendant, Roman Gronowicz, a new trial for the reason that there was insufficient credible evidence to support the verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

2. The court erred in admitting state’s Exhibit 1 (first seven pages of a statement made by Dougherty to the sheriff after his arrest) in evidence because the same was a self-serving declaration.

An attempt will be made to eliminate from this opinion as many of the salacious details as possible.

Delores Dougherty, age sixteen, is the eldest daughter of…