Brown v. State

Albert Percy Brown, alias Hickory Brown, who will hereinafter be called defendant, was convicted of committing an assault and battery upon Barbara Graham, a girl just under the age of eight years, with the intent to carnally know her in violation of Code Section 10785. He was also found to be an habitual criminal as defined by Chapter 22 of the Acts of 1939, carried in Williams ’ Code as Section 11863.1. He was, accordingly, sentenced to serve the remainder of his life in the penitentiary as provided by Section 2 of that law, Code Section 11863.2. He has appealed from the judgment of the…