State of Oregon v. Watts

The defendant Daniel D. Watts was convicted of the rape of his 14 year old daughter, and appeals.

The facts relied upon for a conviction are: (1) that the father was alone with his daughter in the family home for a period of thirty or forty minutes while the mother and other children were absent; (2) that the daughter made an extrajudicial statement that the crime did occur during this interval; (3) that following the defendant’s arrest he made oral confession of the crime; and (4) that a medical examina tion disclosed that the child’s vaginal opening was enlarged.

The daughter upon the witness…