Vaughn v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

_ Chris Vaughn was convicted of attempting to rape an infant under twelve years of age, a crime defined by section 1153 of the Kentucky Statutes. Hiis punishment was fixed at life imprisonment under the habitual criminal statute, section 1130, Kentucky Statutes, since he had been convicted of felony twice before the present conviction. He complains that the verdict is unsupported by the evidence; that incompetent evidence was adduced against him; and that the instructions to the jury were erroneous.

The indictment charged that appellant attempted to…