Sartin v. State

The appellant, Randy Joe Sartin, was convicted of rape in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975, and of sodomy in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-63, Code of Alabama 1975. The appellant was sentenced to 99 years' imprisonment for each offense.

The evidence tended to show that the appellant was a customer at The Barn, a nightclub in Scottsboro, Alabama, on July 7, 1990. He needed a ride home so a waitress who worked at the club offered to drive him part of the way when she went home. After he got in her car, he placed a knife on her neck, threatened to…