State v. Whitman

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, Lake County, in which after a trial by jury, the defendant was found guilty of counts one and two, kidnapping, in violation of R.C. 2905.01, and counts three and four, rape, in violation of R.C. 2907.02(A)(3). He was sentenced to seven to twenty-five years in the Ohio State Penitentiary on count two, to run concurrently with counts three and four. Defendant was also sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ohio State Penitentiary on counts three and four. Counts three and four are to run consecutively with each other. The court…