Yother v. State

Simmons, C. J,

The accused was charged with having committed acts of-incestuous-adultery with his own daughter. She swore positively to his guilt. There was absolutely nothing to corroborate her testimony. “ A woman who knowingly and wilfully consents to an act of sexual intercourse which is incestuous is an accomplice of the man, and her uncorroborated testimony is not sufficient to sustain a verdict convicting him of incestuous adultery.” Solomon v. State, 113 Ga. 192. It was argued that in this case the woman did not knowingly and wilfully consent and was therefore not an accomplice. Under…