King v. State

COBB, Judge.

Wilbur Rodney King was convicted of intimidating a witness, a violation of § 13A-10-123, Ala.Code 1975. King was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.

King’s witness-intimidation conviction arose out of a situation of domestic violence and, in that regard, appears to present a case of first impression in Alabama.1 The State’s evidence tended to show the following: Patricia S. King had filed for divorce from the appellant, Wilbur Rodney King, in February 1996. Civil restraining orders and criminal arrest warrants were issued after Mr. King repeatedly harassed Mrs. King. Mr. King…