Hepstall v. State

Roy Edward Hepstall was indicted by a Mobile County Grand Jury in September, 1981 for rape in the first degree and for sodomy. The charges, which were consolidated for trial, were tried by a jury on November 18, 1981. The jury returned verdicts of guilty of rape in the first degree as charged and guilty of sexual misconduct, a lesser included offense of the sodomy charge. The trial court entered judgments in accordance with the jury verdicts, and sentenced appellant to 10 years in the penitentiary on the rape charge and to 12 months in the county jail on the second charge to run concurrent…