Slaten v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

Appellant was tried on an indictment that charged, inter alia, that he “did unlawfully take or attempt to take immoral, improper or indecent liberties with . a female child under the age of sixteen years . . The omission herein of other language contained in the indictment, including the name of the alleged victim, is of no detriment to appellant, we think, and may be a contribution to the victim’s future welfare. The indictment charged a crime defined and denounced by Code of Ala.Re-comp.1958, Tit. 14, Chap. 51B, § 326(2) and Code 1975, § 13-1-113. In…