Shields v. State

Adams, Judge.

Randy Shields was indicted by a grand jury, along with William Perry, on charges of rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault with intent to rape, and false imprisonment. The trials of the two defendants were severed, and a jury found Shields guilty of all charges. Shields appeals.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that on the morning of June 18, 2000, the victim was beaten and raped by three men in a duplex apartment near downtown Athens. The night before, the victim’s car broke down at an apartment she had been visiting, and she got a ride…