Garner v. State

The appellant, Franklin Garner, was convicted of first-degree sodomy, a violation of § 13A-6-63(a)(3), Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him, as a habitual offender, to serve a term of life in prison. See § 13A-5-9(b)(3), Ala. Code 1975. It also imposed an additional ten-year period of post-conviction supervision pursuant to § 13A-5-6(c), Ala. Code 1975. The appellant did not file any post-trial motions. This appeal followed.

The victim, K.H., testified that, in 1993, when she was eleven years old, she and her family lived in a house on Chestnut Street in Prattville for about six…