Mims v. State

Raymond June Saxon Mims was indicted for the offenses of kidnapping in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-43, Code of Alabama 1975; rape in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975; and sodomy in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-63, Code of Alabama 1975. The trial court granted the State's motion to consolidate Mims's cases with those of two of his codefendants, Walter Maul and Larry Williams, who were each indicted for the offenses of rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree. The jury found Mims guilty of the three offenses, as charged…