Brooks v. State

BASCHAB, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Ren Hawkins Brooks, was convicted of two counts of first-degree sodomy, violations of § 13A-6-63(a)(3), Ala.Code 1975, and one count of first-degree sexual abuse, a violation of § 13A-6-66(a)(3), Ala.Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him to serve concurrent terms of twenty-five years in prison on the first-degree sodomy convictions and ten years in prison on the first-degree sexual-abuse conviction. The appellant filed a motion for a new trial, which the trial court summarily denied. This appeal followed.

The State presented evidence that the victim,…