Roper v. State

The appellant, Alex Roper, a/k/a David Wade, was convicted of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and kidnapping in the first degree, violations of §§13A-6-61(a)(1), 13A-6-63(a)(1), and 13A- 6-43(a)(4), Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced on each count to life in the penitentiary without the possibility of parole, upon application of the Habitual Felony Offender Act.

I

The appellant's first contends that the trial court erred in receiving into evidence what he argues was hearsay, citing three instances.

First, during the testimony of the nurse who was on duty in the…