LAWSON v. STATE

6 Div. 790.

557 So.2d 1311 (1989)

Roderick LAWSON, alias v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 1989.

Certiorari Quashed February 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erskine R. Mathis, Birmingham, for appellant.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Beth Slate Poe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


Alabama Supreme Court 88-1578.

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Roderick Lawson was convicted of rape in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The state's evidence tended to show that on July 19, 1986, a sixteen-year-old female was forcibly raped in her home by three men. The victim's mother testified that on that evening she was awakened by two men who forced their way into...

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