Patzka v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found this appellant guilty on a trial on an indictment that charged that he “did engage in deviate sexual intercourse with Daniel K. Thanum by forcible compulsion, in violation of § 13A-6-63 of the Code of Alabama,” which by subsection (b) is classified as a Class A felony. After due notice by the State of its invocation of the law as to habitual felony offenders, a sentencing hearing was conducted, at the conclusion of which the trial court sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment without parole.

Six issues are presented in brief of counsel…