Reid v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction for statutory rape. Upon a plea of not guilty, trial was held without the intervention of a jury.

On appeal appellant raises these two alleged errors:

1. That the conviction was not sustained by sufficient evidence in that the State failed to prove venue.

2. That the Trial Court erred in granting a continuance to the prosecution over appellant’s objection.

The prosecutrix testified that the offense in question occurred in the home of the appellant. A police officer testified that the appellant lived in St. Joseph County at the time of the crime. Venue need not…