Griffith v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

Appellant, Todd Griffith, was indicted on August 21, 1987, in a 16-count indictment. Five counts were for sexual abuse in the first degree, five for sodomy in the first degree, three for sexual abuse in the second degree, and three for sodomy in the second degree. §§ 13A-6-63, -64, -66, and -67, Code of Alabama 1975, respectively. The charges arose out of alleged sexual acts committed upon 4 young boys, one being under 12 years of age and 3 being over 12 but under 14 years of age. Appellant apparently was 22 or 23 at the time. On March 8, 1988, appellant pleaded guilty to one…