WATWOOD v. STATE

8 Div. 356.

389 So.2d 549 (1980)

Benny WATWOOD v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde D. Baker, Guntersville, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted for rape and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. Two issues are presented on appeal.

I

The defendant contends that the trial court committed reversible error in sustaining the State's challenge for cause to a venireman who stated that she would not convict the defendant upon the sworn testimony of only one witness even if she believed that witness beyond a reasonable doubt.

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