Adcock v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Adcock was convicted of two counts of incest, OCGA § 16-6-22.

Count 1 charged sexual intercourse between father and daughter “between January 1, 1977 and September 15, 1984 . . . said crime of incest being unknown until September 16, 1987.” Count 2 alleged acts between September .16, 1984, and September 16, 1987. The indictment was returned on August 5, 1988. It named defendant and his daughter, Janice, but the charges against her were not pursued.

The evidence at trial, construed to uphold the verdict, was that Janice was defendant’s illegitimate daughter. Although he had told…