People v. Covert

A jury found defendant guilty of an act of incest with his daughter. He appeals from the judgment. Primary question on appeal is the propriety of evidence of similar sexual activity between the defendant and an older daughter.

The prosecution’s case consisted of the testimony of the 16-year-old prosecutrix and her 19-year-old married sister. Each described parallel histories of years of sexual molestation by their father, culminating in acts of copulation. These activities took place in the family home. All three were present during some of these events. Both girls described occasions of…