Legal Opinion

State v. Heustis

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided March 7, 1925No. 25,818PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*153The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Frank Heustis appeals from a conviction upon two counts of an information charging him with committing rape by carnally knowing a sixteen-year-old girl.

A reversal is asked upon the sole ground that the trial court unduly limited the cross-examination of the complaining witness. According to her testimony the defendant had intercourse with her in January, 1923, again either that month or the next, and again in the following May. Late in February or early in March she became aware she was pregnant, and a premature birth, brought .about by an…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. GerekeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
  2. State v. AppletonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. PenroseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1938
  2. State v. PoreSupreme Court of Kansas · 1936
  3. State v. RosenberrySupreme Court of Kansas · 1943

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