Heup v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant was indicted by the Laud-erdale County Grand Jury for one count of child abuse, in violation of § 26-15-3, Code of Alabama (1975), and four counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-66, Code of Alabama (1975). Following a jury trial, the appellant was convicted of child abuse (committed against Christopher Holzschuh), and two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree (committed against Sara Holzschuh and Michelle Heup), and was sentenced to three concurrent terms of ten years’ imprisonment. Two issues are raised in this appeal.

I

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