Stanley v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of statutory rape of a child under ten years of age. Upon a jury recommendation of mercy, the appellant was sentenced to 99 years. He appeals a judgment of conviction and sentence.

The appellant urges a reversal upon three grounds, i. e., (1) that his confession should have been suppressed because of the failure of the arresting officer to take him without delay before a committing magistrate; (2) that the jury was not fully instructed because the trial judge failed to define the offense of assault with intent to commit rape, an offense included…