State v. Harp

Carl L. Harp was charged by information with two counts of assault in the first degree, rape, sodomy, and with being a person convicted of a crime of violence in possession of a pistol. The jury found that Harp was guilty of each crime and that he was armed with a deadly weapon during their commission. The court entered judgment which imposed life sentences for the rape and each of the two assaults, and also imposed the statutory maximum sentences of 10 years for the sodomy and being in possession of a pistol. The sentences upon the two assaults, sodomy, and the illegal possession of a pistol…