State v. Goham

Defendant Wayne Goham was convicted on an information charging kidnapping and rape, and sentenced to life imprisonment on the former and to a term of not less than 3 nor more than 20 years on the latter. We affirm the convictions but modify the sentence as set out hereafter.

An automobile in which the complaining witness and her companion were riding slid off the road when they *36tried to negotiate a slippery, rain-soaked county road in Thurston County. Another car, containing seven Indian occupants, came by and the occupants:, for two dollars, helped them to get their car moving. The car was…