State v. Wright

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of forcible rape. The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not challenged. We need not, therefore, present in detail the revolting facts surrounding the forcible ravishing of a young girl twelve years of age.

Limited pertinent facts will be presented as we discuss the specific issues to which they apply.

The appellant first contends that it was nineteen days after the motion for a new trial was overruled before he was sentenced, con*55trary to the provisions of K. S. A. 62-1723 which, after…