State v. Newton

This is a prosecution for the crime of statutory rape. The defendant was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 10 to 15 years. The defendant has appealed.

The victim here was a 16-year-old girl who lived in LaVista, Sarpy County, Nebraska. On the evening of September 3, 1973, one Dorothy Lewis, who lived 2 or 3 blocks away, engaged the girl to babysit at the Lewis home that evening. When the girl arrived at the Lewis house at about 8 p.m., she assumed her babysitting duties, and Dorothy Lewis left her in the home in charge of the children. The evidence for the…