Pierson v. State

The appellant, William Michael Pierson, was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree, violations of §§ 13A-6-66 and 13A-6-63, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary.

The state's evidence tended to show that the appellant's stepdaughter was sexually abused by the appellant and that the abuse began when she was 6 years old and ended when she was 12. She testified that the appellant would take his clothes off and force her to put her mouth on his penis. She also testified that on numerous occasions he would have her get…