Mosley v. State

ROBERT H. Dudley, Justice.

John Henry Mosley was charged with having committed the crimes of rape and incest against his nineteen-year-old daughter. The jurors heard evidence on both charges. They were instructed on the crime of incest, but were additionally instructed that they were to consider the charge of incest only if they had a reasonable doubt about Mosley being guilty of the crime of rape. The jury found Mosley guilty of rape. The trial court sentenced Mosley, a six-time offender, to forty years in prison. He raises eight points for reversal, none of which have merit.

Two of Mosley’s…