Eatmon v. State

TYSON, Judge.

James Eatmon was indicted for sodomy in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-63, Code of Alabama 1975, and attempted rape in the first degree, in violation of §§ 13A-6-61 and 13A-4-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant “guilty as charged in the indictment.” The trial judge sentenced Eatmon to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and to life imprisonment, respectively.

On August 2, 1988, J.T., the 14-year-old prosecutrix in this case, was working at Jackson-Olin High School in Birmingham, Alabama. She was working with the custodians of the school…