Bond v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Kenneth R. Bond was found guilty by a jury in the Fulton Circuit Court of the crimes of class C felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury and class A felony attempted rape while armed with a deadly weapon. Appellant subsequently was sentenced by the trial judge to a term of twenty (20) years imprisonment for the attempted rape conviction and to five (5) years imprisonment for the conviction of battery resulting in serious bodily injury, said terms to be served concurrently. Appellant now directly appeals and raises the following four issues:

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