State v. Barker

Phipps, Judge.

The state appeals from the trial court’s grant of a criminal defendant’s motion for directed verdict based on expiration of the statute of limitation. Upon consideration, we affirm.

On September 26, 2003, an indictment was returned charging Julius Barker with the rape of A. W. between September 26,1988, and March 15, 1990. At the time of the 2005 trial, A. W. was 28 years old. She testified that Barker had forced her to engage in sexual intercourse numerous times beginning when she was about eight years old and ending when she was about twelve. According to A. W., the last…