State v. Kendrick

Defendant has appealed from his conviction of the crime of rape of a four-year-old child. On the evening of May 11, 1963, defendant called at the home of the mother of the child to visit his friend Allen who was residing there temporarily. Both men were members of the United States Army, having been recently stationed together. There were present, in addition to Allen and the defendant, the child’s mother, her three children — two boys, aged 5 and 3, and the alleged victim — and three unrelated teenage boys. The defendant appeared to have been drinking and left the front room, where he was…