Penn v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Greer County; G. A. Brown, Judge. Isaac Penn was convicted of the crime of statutory rape, and sentenced to imprisonment for five years, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMatson, J.
The defendant was convicted of the crime of statutory rape in the district court of Greer county, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of five years, the information alleging" the crime as defined by subdivision 2 of section 2414, Rev. Laws 1910. He took the witness stand in his own defense, and while virtually admitting the commission of the act pleaded that at the time the crime was committed he was under the age of 13 years, and was en titled to be acquitted under the provisions of section 2415, Rev: Laws 1910, which provides:
“No conviction for rape can be had…
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