State v. Maples

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Presiding Judge.

Gregg A. Maples appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of forcible rape and forcible sodomy. In his sole point on appeal, Maples asserts that the statute of limitations barred his prosecution, and, therefore, the circuit court erred in overruling his motion to dismiss both charges and in accepting the jury’s verdicts and entering judgment and sentence on both counts. We disagree and affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

The evidence established that on May 15, 1994, a man displayed a knife in a threatening manner and, without the consent of the…