Higdon v. State

Eric Lemont Higdon appeals his convictions for first-degree sodomy of a child less than 12 years old, see § 13A-6-63(a)(3), Ala.Code 1975, and first-degree sodomy by forcible compulsion, see § 13A-6-63(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975.1 The circuit court sentenced Higdon to concurrent sentences of 23 years in prison for first-degree sodomy of a child less than 12 years old and 15 years in prison for first-degree sodomy by forcible compulsion.

In the summer of 2012, Higdon, who was 17 years old, worked as an intern at Momma’s Place Christian Academy, a day-care facility. Higdon’s duties primarily consisted…