Hammond v. People

Robert Hammond, defendant in the trial court, was charged under C.R.S. ’53, 40-2-25 with what is commonly referred to as statutory rape, and, under C.R.S. ’53, 40-2-34, with assault to commit rape. Following trial, he was convicted by a jury of the first charge and on April 7, 1965, was sentenced to a term of 12 to 30 years in the penitentiary.

The People’s evidence was that Hammond had threatened the prosecutrix with a shotgun and with a knife and had chased her both on foot and in his car prior to the rape. The victim testified to actual forced intercourse. The defendant, however, denied…