Eatmon v. State

ALMON, Justice.

James Eatmon was adjudged guilty of sodomy in the first degree, in violation of Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-6-63, and attempted rape in the first degree, in violation §§ 13A-6-61 and 13A-4-2. In accordance with the habitual offender statute, § 13A-5-9, the trial judge sentenced Eat-mon to life, imprisonment without possibility of parole on the sodomy conviction and to life imprisonment on the attempted rape conviction.

The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Eatmon’s convictions, holding that the trial court erred in refusing to give Eatmon’s requested written charge concerning his…