Legal Opinion

Moran v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 29, 1989No. 6 Div. 878PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Timothy Lee Moran, was convicted of rape in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment.

Appellant contends that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of rape in the first degree. According to § 13A-6-61(a)(l), a man “commits the crime of rape in the first degree if ... he engages in sexual intercourse with a female by forcible compulsion.”

The state’s evidence tended to show that on October 26, 1986, the victim in this case was raped by her husband’s identical twin brother, the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Rowe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  2. Swint v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  3. Mims v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  4. Anthony v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  5. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Welch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  2. Moran v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993

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