State v. Bowden, (1944)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 8
Judges: SEBRING, J.:
Attorneys: J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, John C. Wynn, Assistant Attorney General and Harry H. Martin, Acting County Solicitor, for appellant.
Frank T. Cannon, for appellee.
Filed: Jun. 16, 1944
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 513 Rubin Bowden was indicted for rape and tried in the Circuit Court of Duval County. The trial jury returned a verdict of guilty of assault with intent to commit rape. Bowden brought the judgment to this Court for review. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court because of the view that the elements of force against the will of the victim
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 513 Rubin Bowden was indicted for rape and tried in the Circuit Court of Duval County. The trial jury returned a verdict of guilty of assault with intent to commit rape. Bowden brought the judgment to this Court for review. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court because of the view that the elements of force against the will of the victim h..
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I concur in the conclusion that the appellee be tried on the information, but only for the offense of "assault with intent to have sexual intercourse with an unmarried female under eighteen years of age of previous chaste character." Bowden v. State (Fla.) 12 So. 2d 887.
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