Legal Opinion

J.D.S. v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 17, 1991No. CR 89-1056PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOWEN, Judge.

J.D.S., the appellant, was convicted of the second degree rape and the second *1251degree sodomy of his daughter. He was given a concurrent sentence of five years’ imprisonment in each case. The appellant raises four issues on this appeal from those convictions.

I

At the appellant’s trial for four sex crimes against his daughter, evidence of the appellant’s sexual abuse of his stepson was properly admitted into evidence.

The appellant was charged in a four-count indictment with sodomy in the first degree “in the years of 1985 and/or 1986,” with sodomy in the second degree “in the years…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Ex Parte CoferSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  2. Donahoo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  3. Brasher v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  4. McAdory v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  5. Bowden v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  3. Hatcher v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  4. Biles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
  5. McCain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992

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