KNIGHT v. STATE


97 So.2d 115 (1957)

Albert KNIGHT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V.R. Fisher, Tampa, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Jos. P. Manners and David U. Tumin, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


STURGIS, District Judge.

A jury found appellant, defendant below, guilty of incest committed upon the person of his daughter, a minor, whose testimony was not corroborated. The Criminal Court of Record in and for Hillsborough County (Grayson, J.) sentenced him to fifteen years in the state penitentiary. This appeal is from that judgment.

The prosecutrix claimed that her father committed the incestuous acts over a sixteen month period, except for a five month...

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