State v. Blevins

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of rape, robbery, and kidnapping and the 99 year, 20 year, and 20 year sentences imposed by the court in accord with the jury verdict. 1 The court ordered the sentences to run concurrently.

The prosecuting witness was at the time of the offenses twenty years old, white, married and four and one-half months pregnant. She was employed as a ticket agent on the evening shift at the Cape Girardeau bus depot. Around 6:00 p. m. on March 8, 1977, defendant, a young black man, approached the counter and asked about a bus to Farmington. C.H.,…