State v. Sosebee

Littlejohn, Chief Judge:

The defendant-appellant, Frank Victor Sosebee, was convicted by a jury of kidnapping and second degree criminal sexual conduct. Sosebee appeals submitting that the trial judge improperly commented on the evidence and testimony in the presence of the jury. We affirm.

The victim, a non-commissioned Air Force officer stationed at Myrtle Beach, testified that on the night of March 23,1983, Sosebee telephoned her and tricked her into meeting him at a local high school parking lot. She denied knowing him prior to this incident. She testified that through misrepresentations,…