Legal Opinion

State v. Horton

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 12, 1945PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.

The defendant was convicted of statutory rape, was sentenced to not less than twelve nor more than fourteen years in state’s prison, and has appealed. Emily Kenneth, the complainant, was a sophomore in the Stamford high school, fifteen years of age and a virgin. The defendant was twenty-eight years old and was living with his wife and three children, as the complainant well knew. He knew the age of the complainant. His brief states that “It is undisputed that the acts of intercourse between Emily Kenneth and Harry Horton occurred on or about the middle of September, 1944, on or about the 1st…

2Cases cited10 opinions

State v. LevySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
State v. HealySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
State v. FerrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
State v. ChuchelowSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
State v. GriffithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910

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3Cited by36 opinions

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