People v. Adinolfi

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of incest accomplished with his adult sister, by whom four children were born as a result of their illicit relationship.

It is contended that because there is an absence of evidence of nonconsent to the sexual intercourse on the part of the sister, she must be deemed to have been an accomplice in the commission of the crime and that the defendant could therefore not be legally convicted except upon corroboration of her evidence of both their relationship as brother and sister and their illicit sexual intercourse.

The illicit sexual…