People v. Neel

Opinion

SCOTLAND, J.

A jury found that, from September 1990 through May 1991, defendant committed nine acts of lewd conduct with his nine-year old daughter. The jury determined that six of the acts, in which the daughter either orally copulated defendant or masturbated his penis with her hand, were accomplished by means of force. On one occasion, with his hand defendant “push[ed] [the victim’s] head down ... on his private.” When the victim “tried to back [her] head up,” defendant “would push it down ’till he made [her] mouth touch his private . . . .” In five incidents, defendant would “hold…