Burnett v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

Appellant, Malcolm D. Burnett, was indicted in a fourteen-count indictment: the first six counts charged sodomy in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-63, Code of Alabama 1975; the next six counts charged sexual abuse in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-66; and the last two counts charged rape in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-6-61. Appellant entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Prior to trial, a jury determined that appellant was competent to stand trial for the alleged offenses. Subsequently, appellant was tried before…