Brooks v. State

The appellant, Jerry Wayne Brooks, was convicted of rape in the first degree and, following a habitual offender hearing, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

The victim testified that she was 10 years old. She testified that she and her little sister were staying with her grandmother on the afternoon in question until her father arrived to take them home. The victim and her sister watched television when they arrived home, while her father lay on the couch. Her father then put her little sister outside to play and took the victim into his bedroom. The victim testified that her…