STATE v. LEDBETTER

No. 8977.

364 P.2d 171 (1961)

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Bruce LEDBETTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

August 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prather & Wilson, Bonners Ferry, for appellant.

Frank L. Benson, Atty. Gen., William E. Swope, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dwight F. Bickel, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., W. W. Nixon, Pros. Atty. of Boundary County, Bonners Ferry, for respondent.


McQUADE, Justice.

Appellant was sentenced to a period of 30 years in the State Penitentiary for lewdly and lasciviously having sexual intercourse with a female child 14 years of age who was not the wife of the appellant. (The child is appellant's daughter.)

Appellant had committed a series of acts of sexual intercourse over a period of two years with his daughter. Discovery of her being pregnant led to the charging of appellant with the crime, to which he...

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