State v. Burnett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an appeal by defendant, Melvin Lee Burnett, from a conviction of the offenses of kidnapping in the first degree (G. S. 1961 Supp., 21-449) and forcible rape (G. S. 1949, 21-424).

As a result of events occurring on the night of August 20, 1962, six men were charged in the district court of Bourbon county with the offenses of kidnapping in the first degree and forcible rape. Among them were Gerald Lee Woods, Allan Davis, and this defendant, Burnett. Woods was the first to be tried and was found guilty by a jury on both charges. Upon…