State v. Koch
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Jackson County. A. E. Kocb was convicted of incest, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MilleR, Judge :
Defendant was indicted, and, on the uncorroborated evidence of the prosecuting witness, a married daughter, convicted of incestuous sexual intercourse with her, and by the judgment complained of was sentenced to serve a term of two years imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
The first point of error, in logical sequence, relied on for reversal, is that the court below, over defendant’s objection, permitted the State to prove by the prosecutrix that about two months before her marriage, which occurred May 27, 1911, she became pregnant, and that the defendant, her father, was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State v. HatfieldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. StaleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
- State v. HurdSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- Bice v. Wheeling Electrical Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- State v. GoodwinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. RicheyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- State v. CarduffWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1956
- State v. GangwerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- State v. SpadaforeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. StewartWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
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