Troutman v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Dennis Troutman, was convicted of kidnapping and rape. On appeal, he attacks the sufficiency of the evidence and the admission of the victim’s identification of the appellant as her assailant.

The record shows that in the early morning hours of April 25, 1987, the victim, who was a convenience store clerk, was dragged out of the store and raped. Her assailant also bit her ear and beat her, breaking her jaw and several ribs. The victim was subsequently hospitalized for 20 days. During the hospitalization, the victim immediately identified Troutman as her…