Davis v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal of a rape conviction and a probation revocation. The appellant, Billy Davis, was convicted of raping a ten year old female victim and sentenced to thirty-five years imprisonment. Prior to the conviction, the Trial Court revoked Davis’s probation from an earlier theft conviction and sentenced him to four years imprisonment. The basis of the revocation was the incident which resulted in the rape charge.

Davis argues the Trial Court erred by (1) refusing to direct a verdict on the rape charge because the State did not introduce sufficient…