Hunt v. State

CATES, Judge.

Hunt appeals from a judgment of conviction of carnal knowledge of a girl, his daughter, over twelve and under sixteen years. The trial judge sentenced him to seven years in the penitentiary.

I

The tendencies of the State’s case were that the defendant made the girl, aged fifteen, have sexual intercourse with him. She testified, too, that from her turning fourteen “up through September” 1966 “it happened so many times I don’t remember.”

Defense counsel objected to the question which elicited this answer. Similar sexual offenses with the same person are admissible on the explanatory…