State v. Cooksey

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellant appeals from a jury conviction for unlawful use of a weapon, kidnapping, forcible rape, first degree robbery, and three counts of armed criminal action. The trial court sentenced appellant as a persistent offender to a total of life imprisonment plus sixty years. We affirm.

Since appellant makes no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we need only briefly set forth those facts supportive of the verdict. On February 6, 1987, at approximately 10:00 p.m., appellant entered the Greater Faith Baptist Church. Earlier that evening, appellant reportedly…