State v. Goss

EXUM, Justice.

Defendant was tried upon an indictment charging first degree rape and upon two warrants each charging misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon. The three charges were consolidated for trial. Defendant was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment upon the rape charge and two years in prison for each of the misdemeanors. Motion to bypass the Court of Appeals in the misdemeanor case was allowed and the appeals were consolidated.

Defendant raises a number of questions on appeal. The most significant are: (1) his contention that the indictment, lacking an allegation that defendant…