Adkins v. State

TYSON, Judge.

George Adkins was indicted for rape in the first degree in violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant “guilty as charged in the indictment” and the trial judge sentenced him to 50 years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

On the night of August 1, 1984 the victim went out with a friend, Ricky Rollins. As Rollins was driving her home that night, they saw the victim’s father, the appellant, at Billy Mackens’ store in Hollywood, Alabama. The two stopped and talked to the appellant who had been drinking. The victim arrived home at 11:15 p.m. Shortly,…