Jones v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of the crime of statutory rape on one Judy Kay Vickery, age 15 at the time of the alleged offense.

Appellant was tried by a jury which found him guilty, and he was sentenced accordingly.

It is first contended that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the finding of guilty. The main contention is made in this connection on the testimony of the prosecuting witness that she “had intercourse with” the appellant-defendant. The case of Ritchie v. State (1963), 243 *623Ind. 614, 189 N. E. 2d 575 is cited in support of this contention. The Ritchie case involved a…