Thomas v. State

Thomas Addies Thomas appeals his convictions for second-degree domestic violence, see § 13A-6-131, Ala.Code 1975, and domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation, see § 13A-6-138, Ala.Code 1975, and his sentences of 10 years’ imprisonment for each offense.1 This Court affirms Thomas’s convictions by unpublished memorandum; I concur in the result.

The facts of this case are disturbing and are correctly set out in this Court’s unpublished memorandum:

“[Thomas] and the victim, 53-year-old Charleen Thomas [(‘Charleen’)], were married in 2009. Due to Thomas’s alcoholism and ‘major drug…