State v. Young

STUART, Justice.

Defendant, 19, was convicted of the stat-tory rape of a 14 year old girl in violation of section 698.1, 1966 Code of Iowa. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa. He has appealed alleging the court erred (1) in overruling defendant’s motion for directed verdict based on the insufficiency of the evidence; (2) in permitting the state to amend the information to conform to the proof; (3) in failing to submit assault and battery as an included offense; (4) in improperly instructing the jury; (5) in imposing excessive punishment. He also…