Legal Opinion
Barnett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 11, 1986PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant was charged with second degree rape of his 14-year-old stepdaughter in violation of § 13A-6-62, Code of Alabama 1975. He was found guilty by a Morgan County jury and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. Only one issue is raised on appeal.
The appellant maintains that the state did not prove a prima facie case of second degree rape because it failed to present any evidence that he was 16 years old or more at the time the alleged offense was committed. Section 13A-6-62, Code of Alabama 1975, provides:
"(a) A male commits the crime of rape in the second degree if:(1) Being 16 years…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Black v. PateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- State v. RoweSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
- Torres v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Ham v. State ex rel. BuckSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- State v. LauritsenNebraska Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
- Pierson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
- State v. ZihlavskyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
- Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1995
- Francis v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2013
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