State v. Collins

VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant questions the sufficiency of the evidence as a matter of law to convict him of the crime of incest. The trial court did not err in refusing to direct a verdict in defendant’s favor for the evidence, when taken in the light most favorable to the State, is sufficient to take to the jury. The evidence shows that Brenda Sue Taylor, age fifteen, is the stepdaughter of defendant who was married to her mother on 20 December 1973. Brenda Sue attended and witnessed the wedding. She lived with her mother and stepfather. On Saturday, 4 March 1978, Brenda Sue awoke, dressed and…