Gober v. State

Judge Arnold Shulman.

As the result of an encounter with a motorist whom he stopped while on duty as a Georgia State Patrol trooper, the appellant was found guilty by a jury of rape, kidnapping with bodily injury, false imprisonment, violation of his oath as a public officer, sexual assault against a person in custody, and simple battery. He brings this appeal from the convictions and sentences entered on that verdict.

The evidence established that the appellant stopped Lisa Redmond at around 4:00 a.m. on November 26, 1989, as she was driving home from a convenience store in the company of her…