M.A.M. v. State

KELLUM, Judge.

A delinquency petition was filed in the juvenile court of Winston County charging the appellant, M.A.M., with rape in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-61, Ala.Code 1975. At the time the petition was filed, M.A.M., whose date of birth is March 9, 1989, was 24 years old and the victim, who was born on July 19, 1996, was 16 years old. The petition alleged that the criminal act occurred in January 2003 when the victim, S.H., was 6 years old and M.A.M. was 14 years old. Following a bench trial, the juvenile court found M.A.M. guilty of the lesser-included offense of sexual…