Ketcham v. State

The appellant was charged by affidavit with the offense of rape under §10-4201, Burns’ 1956 Repl., Acts 1941, ch. 148, §3, p. 447. He pleaded not guilty, was tried by jury, convicted and sentenced accordingly.

The appellant complains of error in the admission of certain evidence by the State over the objection of the defendant. This evidence concerned the testimony of Geneva Pine, the mother of the child, who had allegedly been raped by the defendant. The child, age five, did not take the witness stand. The mother was asked: “and what did she (the daughter) tell you happened that resulted in…