Bishop v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

Appellant, Stephen Cletis Bishop, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the District Court, Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-76-3946, with Taking Indecent Liberties With a Child Under the Age of Fourteen Years, in violation of 21 O.S. 1971, § 1123. The case was tried to a jury and a guilty verdict was returned. Punishment was assessed at twenty (20) years’ imprisonment. From judgment and sentence, defendant has perfected an appeal to this Court.

The victim of the crime was alleged to be a female six years of age, and because of her age she was deemed incompetent…