R.D. v. State

The appellant, R.D., was charged in separate indictments with first degree sexual abuse, see Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-6-66, against his daughters, C.D. (CC-92-934), J.D. (CC-92-935), and E.D. (CC-92-936). The cases were consolidated for trial.

Briefly stated, the evidence at trial tended to show that R.D. touched what his daughters referred to as their “privates” with his finger and his penis, in some instances. Members of the staff at the church the children attended became concerned, based on physical and behavioral manifestations, that the children may have been sexually abused, and they…