Raines v. State

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Homer Leonard Raines was indicted for the murder of Ricky Stinson. A jury convicted him of manslaughter. Sentence was ten years' imprisonment.

I

Raines' 1978 conviction for carnal knowledge was a crime involving moral turpitude. See William v. State, 55 Ala. App. 436, 316 So.2d 362 (1975). Evidence of this conviction was properly admitted to impeach his credibility. Alabama Code §12-21-162 (1975). Whether the prior conviction is too remote in time to have any…