Ex Parte Miller

The petition for certiorari was granted in this case in order to determine whether the Court of Criminal Appeals was correct in upholding Michael Miller's conviction for sexual abuse in the first degree. 460 So.2d 227 (Ala.Cr.App. 1983).

Defendant, Michael Miller, was indicted for violation of §13A-6-66, Code of Alabama (1975), sexual abuse in the first degree. He was convicted in the Circuit Court of Madison County and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

At trial, the state called Patricia Lynn Reynolds, the victim of the alleged assault, as its first witness.…