State v. Cotton

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

Today we are presented with the question of whether a criminal defendant waives his or her protest regarding the expiration of the statute of limitations by failing to raise the issue in the trial court. We answer in the affirmative. The defendant, Marvin Cotton, appeals from his conviction of forcible rape, forcible sodomy, and kidnapping. The defendant argues that the trial court erred in sentencing him for kidnapping because prosecution for that offense was barred by the statute of limitations and because he did not affirmatively waive the statute-of-limitations…