Higdon v. State

I concur in the Court’s judgment affirming Eric Lamont Higdon’s conviction for first-degree sodomy of a'child less than 12 years old, see § 13A-6-63(a)(3), Ala.Code 1975. As to the Court’s judgment reversing Higdbh’s conviction for 'first-degree sodomy by. forcible compulsion, see § 13A-6-63(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975, and rendering a judgment in Higdon’s favor, I concur in the result.

I agree that the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision in Ex parte J.A.P., 853 So.2d 280, 284 (Ala.2002), compels this Court, to reverse Higdon’s conviction for first-degree sodomy by forcible compulsion. Like my…