SCOV Law

By Andy Delaney Snow on a Saturday morning at the end of March is just wrong. This week’s story is one of those stranger-than-fiction cases. Briefly, defendant married a woman named Lori and adopted her two daughters. In 2000, defendant got one of his adopted daughters pregnant and she gave birth to their child, K.O. In 2004, defendant divorced Lori and married his adopted daughter (presumably in a state that allows this—for the record, Vermont does not ). But there are no charges because of that. He was accused on multiple counts of sexually assaulting K.O. beginning when she was 10 years old. He was also accused of multiple acts of lewd and lascivious with K.O. and A.S., another minor. The State also charged defendant with obstruction of justice based on defendant’s actions during the investigation.   Defendant had a jury trial and was convicted of pretty much everything charged: sexual assault, lewd and lascivious conduct, and obstruction of justice. He was convicted of less...