Cordar v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Charles Eugene Cordar was indicted for rape in the first degree in violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant “guilty as charged in the indictment.” The trial judge then sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary as a habitual felony offender.

On the evening of November 1, 1986, the prosecutrix visited with her sister and the appellant, her brother-in-law, at their trailer located near Trafford, Alabama. Their trailer is situated in the same trailer park as the appellant’s father’s trailer and also the prosecutrix’s…