State v. Lewis

BAKES, Justice.

Defendants Raymond B. Robinson and Chester Lewis were each charged with the crimes of kidnapping and rape. Following presentation of the state’s evidence, the trial court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the charges involved on the ground that the state had not proved the elements of these crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. The state has appealed from the order granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss.

Lewis and Robinson were both accused of the kidnapping and rape of a Pocatello woman. At the trial she testified that at approximately 2:00 a. m. on the morning of June…