Watkins v. State

Evans, Judge.

The defendant was convicted under a two-count indictment in the Superior Court of Dade County of incest and sodomy. He was sentenced to serve 15 years in the state penitentiary. His motion for new trial was overruled, and he appeals. Held:

1. Error is enumerated on the court’s charge that if the jury found that defendant did in Dade County at any time within four years commit a sexual act with (a named female), and if they further found that he is the natural father of the girl, they would be authorized to convict him. It is contended by defendant that under this charge the jury…