Rhinehart v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried on an indictment charging him with one count of statutory rape and one count of child molestation. The jury found appellant guilty as to both counts. Appellant appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered on the jury’s verdicts and from the trial court’s denial of his motion for a new trial.

1. The general grounds are enumerated with regard to the crime of statutory rape. Appellant’s specific contention is that the evidence adduced by the State failed to show penetration.

“In a rape case, penetration may be proved by indirect or circumstantial…