Court Opinion

ID: 9637620
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:12:43.630071+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:09:57.966260
License: Public Domain

Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by
Van der Voort, J.:
With the granting to the appellant of a new trial on the charge of maliciously soliciting and inciting another person to commit sodomy I concur; however, I respectfully dissent from the granting of a new trial on the charge of corrupting the morals of a minor.
The appellant was indicted upon two charges: (1) Maliciously soliciting and inciting another person to commit sodomy; and (2) Corrupting the morals of a minor. The outside cover of the indictment in which the text charged maliciously soliciting and inciting another person to commit sodomy recited the charge as being assault and solicitation to commit sodomy. The trial judge charged the jury on the crimes of assault and solicitation to commit sodomy and corrupting the morals of a minor, without any objection by the appellant or his counsel. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on both charges. I concur in the action of the majority iu vacating the judgment of sentence on the charge of assault and solicitation to commit sodomy and granting a *447retrial on the charge of maliciously soliciting and inciting another person to commit sodomy; however, the offense of corrupting the morals of a minor was properly recited in the indictment, the judge chai*ged on this offense correctly, and there was ample evidence to sustain the verdict of guilty. Certainly if there was enough evidence to persuade the jury of the crime of assault and solicitation to commit sodomy, there was ample evidence to warrant the verdict of corrupting the morals of a minor.
I would affirm the judgment of sentence on the charge of corrupting the morals of a minor.