Perry v. State

The appellant was indicted for the offenses of burglary in the first degree, rape in the first degree, and sodomy in the first degree. He was convicted of rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree, but was found not guilty of the charge of burglary in the first degree. He was sentenced, pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act, to life without parole on both convictions.

I

The appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by sustaining the State's objection to defense counsel's cross-examination of the victim's 10-year-old daughter. The record indicates that the…