Ridley v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Homer Ridley guilty of one count of rape and one count of kidnapping with bodily injury. Upon merging the two offenses, the trial court sentenced Ridley to life imprisonment. Ridley appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion for new trial, asserting that the trial court erred (1) in finding that the State exercised its peremptory strikes in a racially neutral manner; (2) in violating the rule of sequestration by allowing a material witness to remain in the courtroom during the proceedings; (3) in failing to take remedial action after the prosecution…