Title: State v. Carrico
Citation: 116 Ariz. 547, 570 P.2d 489
Docket Number: 3910
State: Arizona
Issuer: Arizona Supreme Court
Date: September 30, 1977

116 Ariz. 547 (1977) 570 P.2d 489 STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Perry Scooter CARRICO, Appellant. No. 3910. Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc. September 30, 1977. Bruce E. Babbitt, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III, and Georgia B. Ellexson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee. *548 Leek &amp; Oehler by Stephen M. Lee, Kingman, for appellant. HAYS, Justice. The appellant was charged by indictment with rape, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-611(A) and § 13-614. The trial jury found him guilty of rape in the second degree. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 17A A.R.S. Supreme Court Rules, rule 47(e). The sole issue in this appeal concerns the court's giving an instruction on second degree rape when the indictment recited a violation of A.R.S. § 13-611(A). In 1962 the legislature amended the rape statute to provide for degrees of rape; first degree, as defined in A.R.S. § 13-611(A), involves what is often referred to as forcible rape; and second degree, as defined in A.R.S. § 13-611(B), involves statutory rape. Appellant urges that the court committed reversible error in permitting the jurors to return a verdict of guilty of second degree rape because he was charged with and had defended on the charge of forcible rape. We are aware of the fact that there is authority to the effect that statutory rape is not a lesser included offense in forcible rape even though the victim may be under the age of consent. See United States v. Littlewind, 551 F.2d 244 (8th Cir.1977). We answered this question recently in State v. Klem, 108 Ariz. 349, 498 P.2d 216 (1972). The court said: The court then went on to say: We are not constrained to depart from the foregoing position. An examination of the record indicates that the appellant had knowledge of the age of the victim and that proof thereon would be forthcoming at trial. Statutory rape is not a separate crime so as to be called a lesser included offense but, as we indicated above, is merely one of a number of different circumstances under which sexual intercourse constitutes rape. Judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed. CAMERON, C.J., STRUCKMEYER, V.C.J., and HOLOHAN, J., concur. GORDON, J., did not participate in the determination of this matter.