Chandler v. State

The appellant, John Thomas Chandler III, was convicted of first degree sodomy, a violation of § 13A-6-63, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment.

The state's evidence tended to show that on September 14, 1987, a nine-year-old girl was molested while selling Girl Scout cookies door-to-door in her neighborhood. When the girl approached the trailer where the appellant lived, he accosted her and asked if he could buy some cookies. The appellant then grabbed her and took her inside the trailer to his bedroom. She testified that he laid her on the bed, removed her panties,…