Peeples v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Penny Peeples, was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-66, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. Section 13A-6-66, Code of Alabama 1975, provides, in pertinent part:

“(a) A person commits the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree if:

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“(3) He, being 16 years old or older, subjects another person to sexual contact who is less than 12 years old.”

“Sexual contact” is defined as “[a]ny touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person not married to the actor, done for the purpose of…