Thomas v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Latimer

Reversing.

Clifford Thomas, a lad eleven years of age, was indicted, charged with the crime of rape upon the body of Lorena Treadway, a little girl five years of age. He was convicted under KRS 435.110, the jury fixing his punishment at two years confinement in the State Reformatory. He is here appealing from that judgment, alleging as grounds for reversal the following: (1) The. trial court erred by admitting incompetent testimony over the objection and exception of the defendant. (2) The trial court erred by overruling the defendant’s motions for a…