O.A.C. v. State

SHAW, Judge.

The appellant, O.A.C., was convicted of rape in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-61, Aa.Code 1975, and of sodomy in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-63, Ala.Code 1975.1 The victim was his estranged wife, S.M.2 The appellant was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment for the rape conviction and to 12 years’ imprisonment for the sodomy conviction.

The evidence introduced at the trial indicated, in pertinent part, that the appellant cut the telephone line to the victim’s house, broke open the door, and entered the house, where he cursed, threatened, raped, sodomized, and…