Thacker v. Commonwealth

CATINNA, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from an order overruling appellant’s motion to vacate a judg ment of conviction pursuant to RCr 11.42. Appellant complains that he was convicted on perjured testimony.

Thacker was sentenced to life imprisonment on a verdict finding him guilty of committing rape upon a child under twelve years of age. The crime consisted of a series of acts of rape commencing in the summer of 1966 and extending up to March 4, 1969. The prosecuting witness, Carolyn Sue Hess, the stepdaughter of Thacker, testified in detail concerning the repeated acts of Thacker. Her…