State v. Hodges

McDonough, justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for carnal knowledge under Utah Code Annotated, 76-53-19 (1953). The case was tried to the court without a jury.

The complaint charged the defendant, a high school graduate of several hours, with having had intercourse with the prosecutrix, 15, in the early morning hours of May 25, 1962. At the time of the trial she was admittedly pregnant. Appellant argues that inasmuch as her menstrual period ended on May 23, 1962, the probability that pregnancy resulted from an act on May 25, 1962, is so remote that admission of any evidence regarding…