Court Opinion

ID: 9769355
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 14:47:29.219343+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:01.258506
License: Public Domain

White, Justice
(concurring).
I concur in the conclusion expressed as to the applicable law of this case and agree that this case should be reversed and remanded.
Moreover, I am not satisfied with the testimony upon which this defendant was convicted in this second trial, since there is marked discrepancy between the testimony *685of the prosecutrix and her mother on the first and second trials, bearing on the issue of the guilty intent of the felony charged. This defendant has already been confined for approximately two years and has suffered two trials which, in my opinion, is sufficient punishment upon the showing made by the evidence in this case.
Therefore, in addition to the rulings in the majority opinion, I would reverse this case on the facts and would recommend that a nolle prosequi be entered.
Prewitt, Chief Justice, and Bubített, Pelts, and Dyer, Justices, concur.