State v. Moore

The defendant, Carl Moore, was convicted of carnal knowledge 1 following a jury trial in the Somerset County Superior Court. From a judgment entered against him, the defendant appeals. We deny the appeal.

The victim was a ten-year-old niece of the defendant. On the morning of December 6, 1975, she went to the defendant’s house at his request. While they were alone, the defendant raped his niece. In a three-count indictment Moore was charged with carnal knowledge, crime against nature (sodomy), 2 and indecent liberties. 3 During trial, the sodomy count was dismissed by the State for…