State v. Pruitt

Defendant appeals his conviction, by jury, of robbery, sodomy, kidnapping and two counts of rape, all involving the same victim. The court sentenced defendant to imprisonment for 20 years on each count. The sentences on kidnapping, sodomy and two counts of rape were concurrent and the sentence on the robbery charge was made consecutive to the other four sentences. Defendant makes three assignments of error. Since we hold the case must be reversed on the basis of the first assignment of error it is unnecessary to discuss defendant’s remaining contentions.

The victim is a young woman who lived…