Reeves v. State

TYSON, Judge.

John Ricky Reeves was charged by indictment with the forcible rape of the prosecu-trix, in violation of Title 13A-6-61 Code of Alabama. The jury found the appellant “guilty of rape in the first degree” and the trial court, following a habitual offender hearing, set sentence at life imprisonment without parole.

Since the issues presented on appeal do not materially contest the pertinent facts from which this appeal arises, only a succinct statement is herein set out.

On February 10,1982, John Ricky Reeves and two companions, Kenneth White and William Jaeger, escaped from the Morgan…