Lynch v. State

The Marion County Grand Jury indicted appellant, Perry Lee Lynch, for the crimes of Rape (IC 1971, 35-13-5-3, being Burns § 10-4201), and Kidnapping (IC 1971, 35-1-55-1, being Burns § 10-2901), perpetrated upon one Holly. Lynch was convicted on both charges after a trial by jury in the Marion Criminal Court, Special Judge David McNamar presiding, and sentenced to concurrent terms of two to twenty-one years and life imprisonment respectively. He has now perfected an appeal to this Court in which he alleges two grounds for the reversal of this judgment: (1) That the conviction on the charge of…