Howell v. State

Clifton David Howell was convicted of rape in the first degree, Alabama Code 1975, § 13A-6-61, based on evidence of sexual intercourse with his stepdaughter, and was sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction and rendered a judgment for Howell, holding that the State had presented no evidence that Howell used forcible compulsion to engage in sexual intercourse with the stepdaughter in the State of Alabama. 636 So.2d 1256. We reverse the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals and remand.

A male commits the crime of rape in the first…