Bradford v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction in a bench trial for the offenses of rape, armed robbery, aggravated sodomy, kidnapping, and burglary. Held:

The offenses here alleged against the defendant occurred on July 7, 1977. On August 8, 1978, the defendant was arrested for criminal trespass. As a consequence of his 1978 arrest he was routinely fingerprinted. The prints on this card were recognized by a captain of detectives as being similar to a 1977 print taken from a burglary site. That burglary had been adjacent to the house where the offenses here charged had occurred. A…