LeGRAND, Justice.
A jury convicted the defendant of statutory rape in violation of § 698.1, The Code, 1975. The victim of this crime was his fourteen-year-old stepdaughter. The trial court sentenced defendant to serve a life term in the penitentiary and he appeals. We affirm the conviction but modify the sentence.
We need not detail the circumstances of the crime. Although defendant persistently denied any misconduct with his stepdaughter, there was ample...
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