Hooper v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

John Edward Hooper was convicted of two counts of second degree rape and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on each conviction. Although Hooper raises nine issues in this appeal from his convictions, we need address only two.

Hooper was originally tried and convicted of these crimes in September 1985. His convictions were subsequently reversed because the prosecutor had asked improper questions of character witnesses on cross-*134examination. Hooper v. State, 523 So.2d 469 (Ala.Cr.App.1986). Hooper was retried and was again convicted in September 1988. Prior to this second…