State v. Simerly

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Chester Charles Simerly was charged with and convicted by a jury of incest, under § 563.220, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., by committing fornication with his 15-year-old daughter G-. He was sentenced to the maximum punishment fixed by the statute: 7 years’ imprisonment. After an unavailing motion for new trial he has appealed from the judgment of conviction.

Appellant’s sole point is that the court erred in not granting a new trial because the State’s evidence was based upon the uncorroborated testimony of the prose-cutrix, testimony which was “confusing and conflicted with the…