Alabama Court of Appeals, 1961

Jones v. State

Jones v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals · Decided February 21, 1961 · Harwood
41 Ala. App. 225; 127 So. 2d 375; 1961 Ala. App. LEXIS 396

Jones v. State

Opinion of the Court

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

The indictment against this appellant charged him with carnally knowing a girl under the age of twelve years.

At his arraignment he entered a plea of not guilty.

At his trial he was permitted to withdraw his plea of not guilty interposed upon arraignment, waive a jury trial, and enter a plea of guilty to “assault with intent to ravish, as charged in said indictment * * *n

Accordingly he was, by the court, adjudged “guilty of assault with intent to ravish, as charged in the indictment,” and sentenced to a term of five years in the-penitentiary. •

*226Assault with intent to rape is a separate and distinct offense from our statutory offense of carnal knowledge, and the constituent elements of the two offenses being different, assault with intent to rape cannot be considered as a lesser included offense of carnal knowledge. Smith v. State, 34 Ala.App. 45, 38 So.2d 341.

It follows therefore that the judgment entered cannot be supported when viewed in the light of the indictment charging this appellant with the offense of carnal knowledge.

Reversed and remanded.

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