Brownlee v. State

KELLUM, Judge.

William Brownlee was convicted of one count of sodomy in the second degree, a violation of § 13A~6-64(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975, and one count of sexual abuse in the second degree, a violation of § 13A-6-67(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. He was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for the sodomy conviction and to 1 year’s imprisonment for the sexual-abuse conviction.

The evidence adduced at trial indicated the following. D.D.H., who was 16 years old at the time of trial, testified that she had been repeatedly sexually abused by both her parents throughout her life. When asked how long the abuse…