Lawson v. State

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Roderick Lawson was convicted of rape in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The state’s evidence tended to show that on July 19, 1986, a sixteen-year-old female was forcibly raped in her home by three men. The victim’s mother testified that on that evening she was awakened by two men who forced their way into her bedroom. She stated that the men, at that time, had towels across their faces. One of the men had a gun. They pushed her to the floor and tied her hands and feet with a telephone…