Woods v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

In a trial by jury appellant was found guilty of Rape and Criminal Deviate Conduct, both Class A felonies. He was sentenced by the court to concurrent forty (40) year terms of imprisonment.

The record reveals that sometime between noon and 2:00 p.m. on August 27, 1983, R.E. entered the laundry room of her apartment complex in Bloomington, Indiana. Appellant, the only other person present in the room, briefly engaged her in conversation. While R.E. was attending to her laundry, appellant approached her from behind and put a knife to her neck.

Continuing to hold the knife to…