Handy v. State

George K. Cracraft, Judge.

Joseph Handy appeals from his conviction of the crimes of kidnapping and rape for which he received consecutive ten-year sentences. He contends that the trial court erred in permitting him to be convicted and sentenced for both offenses. We disagree and affirm.

When viewed most favorably to the State, the evidence discloses that the victim, a seventeen-year-old girl, and two of her friends went swimming in a bauxite pit near Little Rock. There they encountered the appellant, who was known to them. As the victim and her friends started to leave in their automobile,…