State v. Trusty
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal -from, Winnebago District Court. — HoN. JohN F. Clyde, Judge. DeeeNdaNt was indicted for the crime of rape, committed, as is alleged, upon bis stepdaughte^/He was convicted of tbe crime charged, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of twenty years. This appeal is from the judgment pronounced against him.
1Opinion of the Court
Deemek, O. J.
This is the second time this case has been before us. The opinion on the first appeal will be found in 118 Iowa, 498. The indictment is in two counts. The first charges a rape committed upon a child under the age of fifteen; and the second, a rape upon the same person, who, it is said, was naturally imbecile, and so weak of mind as not to understand the nature of the act. This *84was undoubtedly done to meet the evidence in the case, and, viewed in this light, it was not objectionable.
Prior to the impaneling of the trial jury, the defendant filed a motion to require the state to…
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