State v. Wise

MEYER, Justice.

On 5 October 1987, the Grand Jury of Cabarrus County returned two bills of indictment against defendant, one charging first-degree rape occurring on 14 June 1986 and the other charging the same offense occurring on 30 May 1987. The cases were consolidated for trial, and the jury found defendant guilty only of the rape occurring on 14 June 1986. The trial judge imposed a mandatory life sentence. Defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals, which concluded that the trial court improperly admitted expert opinion testimony and ordered a new trial on that basis. This Court granted…