Gonzales v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Bruce E. Gonzales was convicted by jury of rape, a class A felony, and of criminal confinement, a class D felony. The trial court sentenced him to concurrent sentences of forty (40) years on the rape conviction and four (4) years on the criminal *1168confinement conviction. He directly appeals challenging solely the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions.

The evidence most favorable to the verdict reveals that 17 year old D.R. was walking home on the evening of September 18, 1986. She heard a male voice ask her name. She did not answer and began to walk faster, An…