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MERTON v. STATE

6 Div. 36.

500 So.2d 1301 (1986)

Harry Lewis MERTON, Jr. v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1986.

Certiorari Denied January 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Trawick, Ariton, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Robert B. Rinehart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Alabama Supreme Court 86-280.

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Harry L. Merton was convicted of the first degree rape and sodomy of an eight-year-old child. Sentence was life imprisonment in each case, and a victim compensation fine of $5000. Four issues are raised on appeal.

I

The defendant argues that Alabama's first degree rape statute, § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975, and first degree sodomy statute...

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