California Court of Appeal

Conviction of incest and assault arising from a sexual encounter between defendant and his sister is affirmed, where California's interests in protecting the integrity of the family unit and protecting against inbreeding are sufficiently important to justify Penal Code section 285's incest prohibition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2013
• Published 04/15/2013

Judges

• KLINE

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel