QUINN-BRINTNALL, J.
A jury convicted William Hall of second degree incest for molesting his 16-year-old daughter. On appeal, Hall claims that because he had relinquished his parental rights when his daughter was five years old, she was not a descendant for purposes of the incest statute, RCW 9A.64.020. He also argues that his knowledge of his daughter's adoption negates the mens rea necessary to prove incest.
In this case of first impression, we hold that...
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