Updated 1-27-20 at 6:55 p.m. with the definitions of each charge, according to the Alabama Code.
WEST POINT, Ala. – A West Point man has been charged with multiple sex crimes.
Chad Wayne Dial, 37, turned himself in to the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Friday, Jan. 24.
Dial is charged with incest, first-degree rape, second-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy.
Dial has made bond.
About the charges:
Incest- Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-13-3
(a) A person commits incest if he marries or engages in sexual intercourse with a person he knows to be, either legitimately or illegitimately:
(1) His ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption;  or
(2) His brother or sister of the whole or half-blood or by adoption;  or
(3) His stepchild or stepparent, while the marriage creating the relationship exists;  or
(4) His aunt, uncle, nephew or niece of the whole or half-blood.
(b) A person shall not be convicted of incest or of an attempt to commit incest upon the uncorroborated testimony of the person with whom the offense is alleged to have been committed.
(c) Incest is a Class C felony.
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First-degree rape- Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-6-61
(a) A person commits the crime of rape in the first degree if:
(1) He or she engages in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex by forcible compulsion;  or
(2) He or she engages in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless or mentally incapacitated;  or
(3) He or she, being 16 years or older, engages in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex who is less than 12 years old.
(b) Rape in the first degree is a Class A felony.
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Second-degree rape- Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-6-62
(a) A person commits the crime of rape in the second degree if:
(1) Being 16 years old or older, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex less than 16 and more than 12 years old;  provided, however, the actor is at least two years older than the member of the opposite sex.
(2) He or she engages in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex who is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally defective.
(b) Rape in the second degree is a Class B felony.
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First-degree sexual abuse- Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-6-66
(a) A person commits the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree if:
(1) He subjects another person to sexual contact by forcible compulsion;  or
(2) He subjects another person to sexual contact who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless or mentally incapacitated.
(b) Sexual abuse in the first degree is a Class C felony.
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First-degree sodomy- Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-6-63
(a) A person commits the crime of sodomy in the first degree if:
(1) He engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person by forcible compulsion;  or
(2) He engages in deviate sexual intercourse with a person who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless or mentally incapacitated;  or
(3) He, being 16 years old or older, engages in deviate sexual intercourse with a person who is less than 12 years old.
(b) Sodomy in the first degree is a Class A felony.
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