State v. Hoffman

The defendant was indicted in two counts for the crimes of statutory rape and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. A jury acquitted the defendant of the crime of statutory rape and returned a verdict of guilty on the contributing charge. From the verdict of guilty the defendant appeals.

The defendant contends that since the jury acquitted him of the crime of statutory rape, and that ■act is the act relied upon as the act manifestly tending to cause the minor child’s delinquency, this acquittal is res judicata of the facts relied upon to sustain the guilty verdict returned.

Two separate…