State v. Master

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

Roger Master was charged in a 1978 indictment with three counts of first degree rape, two counts of first degree burglary, and one count of lewd and lascivious acts. Jury trial was waived and the matter was submitted to the trial court on the grand jury transcripts, police departmental reports, testimony and argument on various motions, and all documents in the court’s file. The trial court found Master guilty of all charges. However, the supreme court reversed the convictions and sentences, holding that a roll of money taken from the appellant at the time of the…