Smith v. State

The appellant, Reverend Homer Smith, was convicted of rape in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975, for the rape of his stepdaughter, a minor. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.

The appellant presents two issues on appeal.

I

The appellant contends that the guilty verdict was contrary to the great weight of the evidence.

The state's evidence tended to show that on April 30, 1990, the victim, D.B., reported to the Pickens County Sheriff's Department that she had been repeatedly sexually molested by her stepfather, the appellant Reverend Homer Smith, since 1982…