Jones v. State

Appellant was indicted by the August 1982 term of the Houston County Grand Jury for burglary in the second degree in violation of § 13A-7-6 (b), Code of Alabama 1975. He was charged with unlawfully entering the dwelling of Bulah Pynes with the intent to commit rape. Trial was had on October 26, 1982, with the jury finding appellant guilty as charged in the indictment. A sentencing hearing was held on November 16, 1982, at which appellant was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. From that conviction he now appeals in formapauperis.

During the late evening hours of Wednesday, June 16, 1982,…