State v. Jefferson

HAYS, Chief Justice.

Yulice Jefferson appeals from a judgment entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of rape, robbery and kidnapping, and from sentences of ten to fifteen years, five years, and five years to ten years, respectively.

The prosecuting witness, a 22-year-old divorcee with four children and one on the way, was walking home from a cafe at about 2:00 A.M. She testified that she had no money for a taxi; that the defendant grabbed her and dragged her some twenty-five feet to a large van; that he pushed her into it, tore off her panties, and raped her twice by force and threats to…