State v. Hornaday

Citations

• 67 Wash. 660
• 122 P. 322
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1228

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — Trial—Reopening Case. It is within the discretion of the trial court in a criminal case to reopen the case to allow the state to introduce further evidence.</p> <p>Incest — Accomplice—Evidence—Sufficiency. A conviction for incest may be had upon the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice.</p> <p>Incest — Accomplice. The female is not an accomplice in incest, where she at no time consented to the criminal relations.</p> <p>Incest — Consent. One may be guilty of incest although, the act was accomplished without consent.</p> <p>'Criminal Law — Appeal—Review—Objections. Error cannot be predicated upon failure to require the state to elect between the acts charged, where no request for an election was made below.</p>