Legal Opinion

State v. Stevens

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided May 9, 1896No. 10530PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from Wallace District Court. On January 22,1896, the defendant, Robert A. Stevens, being charged with rape, was adjudged guilty of attempting to ravish Lulu Snowbarger, a girl under 18 years of age, and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for four years and six months. He appeals from this judgment. The opinion was filed May 9, 1896.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Martin, O. J.: I. The original complaint was filed with the j ustice of the peace on July 16,1894, and a warrant was issued on that day for the arrest of the defendant. The complaint, as also the information filed October 17, 1894, charged the commission of the ofense on July 1, 1894. The evidence first offered tended to show the time of the offense to be in October, 1892, or on the night that the girl’s mother went to Denver

*721on a two weeks’ visit, tlie day of the month not being shown. After the girl had testified to this occurrence, she was permitted,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. BowenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1876
  2. State v. FolwellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
  3. State v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1885
  4. In re GriffithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  5. State v. BoylandSupreme Court of Kansas · 1880

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. BorchertSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  2. Withaup v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
  3. Haaren v. MouldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  4. State ex rel. Botts v. StoutSupreme Court of Kansas · 1917
  5. State v. BowmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1920

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