Bonds v. State

Lanice Clifton Bonds pleaded guilty to the charge of being a school employee who engaged in a sex act with a student under the age of 19 years, see § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975. The Houston Circuit Court sentenced Bonds to 10 years’ imprisonment.1 Bonds appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

In October 2012, Bonds, while on duty as a school-resource officer at Dothan High School, had sex with a 16-year-old female student in his office at the school. In December 2013, Bonds was indicted for violating § 13A-6-81, Ala.Code 1975, which prohibits “a school employee [from] engaging in a sex…