Martin v. State

Joel Christopher Martin was indicted for first degree rape in violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found him "guilty of rape, first degree, as charged in the indictment." He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The prosecutrix testified that on the night of Friday, August 3, 1985 she visited two nightclubs in Houston County, Alabama, where she had several drinks. She left from "Cowboys" to go home at approximately 2:30 a.m.

When she approached an area known as the "traffic circle" on Highway 231 South she noticed someone behind her in an…