Steele v. State

WISE, Judge.

Mark Jeffrey Steele was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-66(a)(3), Ala.Code 1975. He was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment as a habitual felony offender.

The facts adduced at trial reflected that the victim, G.N.Y., who was a minor, went to live with her maternal grandmother, M.S., in the fall of 2001.1 In November 2001, M.S. and G.N.Y. moved to Cullman, Alabama, where they became neighbors of Steele and his family. G.N.Y. became Mends with Steele’s stepdaughter, A.D. G.N.Y. and A.D. were about 10 years old at the time and stayed overnight at…