Flanagan v. State

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Eckford Lee Flanagan was indicted for first degree rape and sodomy pursuant to §§ 13A-6-61 and 13A-6-63, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty as charged in the indictment." He was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment on each count, with the sentences to run concurrently.

The victim in this case, the appellant's daughter, was 16 years old at the time of the incident. She testified that on January 3, 1986, she was living with her father (the…