Searcy v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted of the kidnapping and rape of his eleven-year-old niece. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of twenty years and life imprisonment respectively. Defendant appeals on the general grounds, but essentially argues only that the evidence presented did not support the verdicts rendered. Held:

1. The victim testified that she was forcibly and involuntarily taken from the home in which she was sleeping and raped on two occasions by defendant. Her testimony was corroborated by that of law enforcement officers and that of the woman with whom she had…