Forehand v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, David Lee Forehand appeals his convictions of rape, aggravated sodomy, and child molestation of a 14-year-old female, arguing that the court should have excluded his statement to police on the ground that Forehand was intoxicated when he gave the statement. Inasmuch as evidence showed that Forehand was coherent and acting voluntarily when he gave the statement, we affirm.

Construed in favor of the verdict, the evidence shows that within a period of 24 hours, Forehand twice sexually assaulted the child in a motel room. When the police knocked…