People v. Watson

Defendant Darrell Watson was tried before a jury, convicted of indecent liberties with a child, and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment.

According to the evidence presented at trial, defendant’s wife left the family home about 6 p.m. on November 4,1979, to run an errand, leaving defendant with the couple’s two children, three-year-old Margaret and one-year-old Darrell Raymond. Defendant was preparing to take a shower, and the two children were in their bedroom — the baby in his crib and the little girl playing with some toys on the floor. Margaret was wearing the play clothes she had had on…