People v. Taylor

Defendant was convicted by a jury of statutory rape, MCLA 750.520; MSA 28.788. Complainant is defendant’s daughter. She testified that her father had been having sexual intercourse with her on a regular basis for four years, a period during which she was 9 to 13 years of age. Defendant was charged with and convicted of a specific incident of rape that occurred on October 27, 1973, at which time his daughter was 13 years, 8 months.

Defendant first contends that testimony attempting to link him to a shooting incident on the night before trial was sufficiently prejudicial to require reversal of…