Legal Opinion

Cannon v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided October 9, 1942PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

— Affirming.

The appellant, Dan. Cannon, was convicted in the Jefferson circuit court, criminal division, of the offense denounced in subsection (3) of section 1155 of Baldwin’s 1936 Revision of Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes, and which consists of having sexual intercourse with a female (not his wife) between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. The appellant at the time of committing the act with which he was charged in the indictment against him was forty-three years of age, whilst Geneva Davis, the female in the transaction, was only seventeen years of age. In…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McCreary v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  2. Smith v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
  3. Earl v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
  4. Wilson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Weber v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
  2. Cavins v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1954
  3. Nelson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
  4. McCloud v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1957

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