Vaughn v. State

From a conviction and sentence for the offense of rape in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama (1975), this appeal follows.

Appellant was indicted for the offense of rape in the first degree by the Franklin County Grand Jury on March 8, 1984. He filed a motion to quash the venire, which the court denied. He was tried before a duly sworn jury and found guilty of rape in the first degree of his ten-year old daughter. He was sentenced to thirty years in the state penitentiary, pursuant to the Habitual Offender Act. Oral notice of appeal was given at sentencing.

Appellant…