Alabama Supreme Court 83-1329.
BOWEN, Presiding Judge.
Thurman Lanton was indicted and convicted for rape in the first degree in violation of Alabama Code (1975), § 13A-6-61. Sentence was fifteen years' imprisonment. Two issues are raised on appeal.
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The trial judge did not err in denying the defendant's motion for a physical examination of the thirteen-year-old victim. "It may well be doubted, in cases of rape and cognate offenses...
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