Lake v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found this appellant, a male, guilty as charged in an indictment that he “did engage in sexual intercourse with” a named person “a female, by forcible compulsion, in violation of Section 13A-6-61 of the Alabama Criminal Code.” In due course, the trial court adjudged him guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole, it having been shown that he had been previously convicted of four felonies.

The only witness to the incident forming the basis for the crime charged was the alleged victim. The other witnesses testifying in the case were…