Ricky Winston Smith Jr. of Eclectic will be sentenced Feb. 26 after pleading guilty to incest Monday before Elmore County Circuit Judge Bill Lewis.
“I had sexual relations with (a victim known to Smith),” Smith admitted in court.
Elmore County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy Ricky Lowery said an initial report against Smith was filed in April and authorities investigated it for several weeks before sending evidence gathered from the investigation to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for analysis. A warrant for Smith’s arrest was issued shortly after the results came in. Smith was arrested July 9.
According to court documents, the victim is a juvenile related to Smith by either blood or marriage.
Incest is a Class C felony. If convicted, Smith could face up to a decade in prison. Lewis scheduled Smith for sentencing Feb. 26.
Inmate pleads guilty to
manslaughter in death of prisoner
David Carter, 39, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Demarco Carlisle.
Carlisle, 36, was a prisoner with Carter at Elmore Correctional Facility at the time of the crime in February 2018. Carter was charged with murder and his indictment stated Carlisle was stabbed by a knife-like object. Alabama Department of Corrections spokesperson Bob Horton said in a February release the assault happened at 2:45 p.m. Feb. 26 and Carlisle died at 3:40 p.m.
Carter was in prison after pleading guilty to murder in a 2008 death in Montgomery and was serving a 30-year sentence. The state is recommending a 15-year sentence on the manslaughter charge. Carter is due before Lewis for sentencing Feb. 26.
