State v. Folkerts

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

John H. Folkerts appeals from his conviction by a jury of aggravated kidnapping (K.S.A. 21-3421), rape (K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 21-3502), and aggravated sodomy (K.S.A. 21-3506).

In the early morning hours of March 16, 1979, Dana Bennett was accosted by a white male in the parking lot of the Fireside Lounge in Wichita. The man held a knife to her throat, forced her to get into his automobile and then drove a few blocks into a residential area where she was forcibly raped and sodomized. Ms. Bennett identified Folkerts from photographs shown her by…