Ritchie v. State

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The appellant, Mark Edgar Ritchie, was convicted of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, violations of § 13A-6-66(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him, as a habitual offender, to serve consecutive terms of fifteen years in prison in case number CC-98-387 and eighteen years in prison in case number CC-98-388. See § 13A-5-9(c)(1), Ala. Code 1975. The appellant did not file any post-trial motions. This appeal followed.

In December 1997, J.S.S.,…