Ray v. State

The appellant, William Bennett Ray, was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree, in violation of Section 13A-6-66,Code of Alabama (1975). The appellant received a ten-year sentence, eight months to be served in the penitentiary and the remainder of the term to be on probation for five years.

I

The appellant argues that the trial judge committed reversible error by failing to allow him to impeach the prosecutrix's mother. Specifically, the appellant sought to prove that after the alleged incident, the prosecutrix's mother threatened the appellant, slapped him, and allegedly assaulted the…