Stokes v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Glen Edward Stokes, was convicted of attempted rape in the first degree and of attempted sodomy in the first degree. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for each offense with the sentences to run concurrently.

The state’s evidence tended to show that the appellant attempted to rape and to sodomize the victim while she was employed by the Red Carpet Inn in Mobile, Alabama. The victim was a member of the housekeeping staff at the motel. As she opened one of the upstairs rooms to clean it, the appellant pushed her into the room, locked the door and closed the…