Lefforge v. State

Elliott, J. —

The appellant was convicted of the crime of incest, and sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for a term of eight years.

One of the grounds upon which appellant’s counsel asks a reversal is that the court erred in permitting the State to prove acts of sexual intercourse prior to the specific act charged in the indictment. There was no error in this ruling. The decisions establish the doctrine that it is competent to prove previous acts of familiarity between the parties, although they culminate in the act of carnal intercourse. State v. Markins, 95 Ind. 464; Ramey v.…