State v. James

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

The defendant, Curtis James, was found guilty of three criminal charges: (1) assault (K. S. A. 21-3408), (2) battery (K. S. A. 21-3412) and (3) rape, which is defined in K. S. A. 21-3502 (1) (a) as “the act of sexual intercourse committed by a man with a woman not his wife, and without her consent when . . . [her] resistance is overcome by force or fear.”

The train of events leading to the criminal charges began on what we reasonably may assume was a quiet Sunday evening in Hoxie. Sharon Mong and her twin sisters, Marlette and Marlene, were…