Ellington v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

Appellant, William Eric Ellington, was convicted after a jury trial of rape in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975, and was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. He appeals, rasing five issues.

Appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to grant his application for youthful offender status in accordance with §§ 15 — 19— 1, et seq. The record shows that appellant filed a pre-trial application seeking youthful offender status on February 28, 1988. The record also shows that the trial court ordered an investigation…