Alabama Supreme Court 87-423.
TAYLOR, Judge.
Appellant Harvey Watson was charged with second degree rape and second degree sodomy of his stepdaughter. At trial, the court excluded the sodomy charge and the state proceeded on the rape charge. Watson was convicted of second degree rape and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. On appeal he contends that the court erred to reversal in its charge to the jury.
During the oral charge to the jury, the...
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