Defendant had been in prison for a previous offense
CULLMAN, Ala. – Jury selection took place on Monday in Cullman in the rape and sodomy trial of Jackson Matthew Hall, 32, of Lacey’s Spring. Hall is charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy for multiple incidents in 2014 involving an alleged victim who was 5 years old at the time. He has previously faced charges of child abuse involving a separate victim in Madison County. After being indicted in 2015, he was arrested following an armed standoff with Madison County Sheriff’s Office deputies.
Hall gained national and even international attention after his release on bond, when he received a Social Security card and driver’s license using an associate’s documents, got a passport using the fraudulent IDs, faked his own death and fled the country in 2016. He was apprehended in Thailand in 2017, working as a teacher under the false name on his license, and was returned to the U.S.
In 2018 Hall pled guilty to child abuse in the Madison County case, for which he was sentenced to six years in prison. In 2019 he also pled guilty to Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The Cullman County jury was seated late Monday afternoon, and the trial is expected to get underway Tuesday morning.
Background: www.cullmantribune.com/2019/08/12/morgan-county-man-who-faked-own-death-pleads-guilty
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