Ford v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Following a jury trial in the Elkhart Circuit Court, Defendant-Appellant James Robert Ford, Jr., was convicted of Rape, a class B felony. He was also found to be a habitual offender. He was sentenced on October 23, 1986 to a term of ten (10) years imprisonment for rape, enhanced by a term of thirty (30) years for the habitual offender finding. He appeals directly to this court raising the following issues for our review:

1. sufficiency of the evidence;

2. alleged error in the denial of Ford's Motion for Judgment on the Evidence at the completion of the State's case during the…