Arizona Supreme Court June 2, 1952, 1021 (State v. McLain)

DE CONCINI, Justice.

Bruce McLain, appellant herein and defendant below, was accused of the crime of statutory rape committed on Maria, a

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girl of 12 years of age. The lower court instructed the jury that they could return one of four possible verdicts, viz., (1) Statutory Rape, (2) Assault with Intent to Commit Rape, (3) Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, (4) Not Guilty.