Ritchie v. State

243 Ind. 614 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 575

RITCHIE

v.

STATE OF INDIANA.

No. 30,138.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed April 17, 1963.

Richard C. Ver Wiebe, of Fort Wayne, for appellant.

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, and Carl E. Van Dorn, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

ARTERBURN, J.

The appellant was charged by affidavit in one count with rape upon one Christine Dees, a female child of the age of 9 years. The offense is alleged to have taken place on the 28th day of July, 1960. The trial was by the court without a jury, and the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The sole…