R.A.S. v. State

MADDOX, Justice.

This case involves a prosecution of an alleged resident child molester in which there was evidence of multiple acts of alleged molestation that had occurred over an extended period of time, and it involves legal questions similar to those presented in R.L.G., Jr. v. State, 712 So.2d 348 (Ala.Cr.App.1997), affirmed, Ex parte R.L.G., Jr., 712 So.2d 372 (Ala.1998).

Traditionally, Alabama follows a strict election rule, by which the State must elect the offense on which it will proceed when the evidence discloses two or more offenses growing out of distinct and separate…