State v. Blair

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The charges in this case arose from an act of forced sodomy allegedly committed by defendant Nathaniel Blair against his fellow jail inmate, David Duggan. The defendant did not testify, but the theory of the defense was that no attack occurred on the night in question. To support this theory, the defendant produced the testimony of several other prisoners incarcerated in the same cell block as Blair and Duggan. The jury nevertheless found Blair guilty of committing a crime against nature * and of being a habitual criminal. We have determined that Blair’s conviction and…