R.V.D. v. State

BURKE, Judge.

*98R.V.D. was convicted of two counts of first-degree sodomy, a violation of § 13A-6-63(a)(3), Ala. Code 1975, and two counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old, a violation of § 13A-6-69.1, Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for each of the sodomy convictions and to 20 years' imprisonment for each of the sexual-abuse convictions, all sentences to run concurrently. This appeal follows.

The evidence presented at R.V.D.'s bench trial indicated that he sodomized and sexually abused his granddaughter, P.P., over a period…