State v. Perry

*491Littlejohn, Justice:

Appellant Donald Ray Perry was indicted and convicted of (1) murder, (2) kidnapping and (3) criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. The jury at the conclusion of the penalty phase of the bifurcated trial, recommended a sentence of life in prison for murder. The trial judge sentenced Appellant to consecutive sentences of confinement of (1) life for murder,(2) life for kidnapping, and (3) thirty years for criminal sexual conduct, first degree. Appellant appeals.

On the evening of March 5,1981, Dr. Mary Heimberger had dinner with two friends at a restaurant in Richland…