State v. Gibson

The opinion of the court was delivered by:

Holmes, J.:

Theodore Gibson appeals his conviction of one count of rape (K.S.A. 21-3502) and the ten- to twenty-five-year sentence imposed by the trial court. We affirm.

The events leading to the defendant’s conviction occurred during the early morning hours of May 21, 1988. About 3:00 o’clock a.m., the victim, T.W., awoke to find the defendant standing in her bedroom. The defendant, who had entered through an un locked window, threatened T.W., choked her, and subsequently raped her. At the time, T.W.’s boyfriend, Steve, was asleep on a couch in another…