Mickens v. State

Rape; life.

The six-year-old victim lived with her mother, half sister and the appellant, her mother's common-law husband, in Elba, Alabama.

On September 12, 1982, the mother left the two children at a neighbor's around 3:30 P.M. When the appellant returned from a fishing trip, he picked up the children and took them home. The victim and her sister unloaded the "water jugs" from the truck and appellant removed the fish. Shortly thereafter, appellant called the victim into the girls' bedroom, removed her shorts and underwear, and placed his private parts into her private parts. The child began…