State v. Barnes

380 S.E.2d 118 (1989)

324 N.C. 118

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Irvin BARNES.

No. 574PA88.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 8, 1989.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., by Isham B. Hudson, Jr., Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for State.

W. Earl Taylor, Jr., Wilson, for defendant-appellant.

With regard to the statutory rape conviction, defendant points out that one of the elements of statutory rape is that the defendant must be at least twelve years old and at least four years older than the victim. N.C.G.S. § 14-27.2(a)(1) (1986). Since the State has the burden of proving all elements of the crime, State…