B.H. v. State

McMILLAN, Presiding Judge.

B.H. was charged in separate delinquency petitions with enticing a child, a violation of § 13A-6-69, Ala.Code 1975, and first-degree sodomy, a violation of § 13A-6-63, Ala.Code 1975. After an evidentiary hearing, the juvenile court judge found the charges to be true and adjudicated B.H. delinquent. This appeal followed.

The State’s evidence tended to show that on January 6, 2004, the mother of the victim saw a movie about a little girl who had been assaulted by a family member. She asked her five-year-old daughter, J.H., if she had ever been touched inappropriately or…