Dandridge v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Fred Roosevelt Dandridge was convicted by a jury of two counts of rape, two counts of kidnapping, terroristic threatening and a felon in possession of a gun. He was sentenced to a total of 182 years imprisonment. On appeal he objects to certain testimony as hearsay and to a remark made by the prosecuting attorney during closing argument.

The victim was a high school student, who was raped twice, once on May 22,1985 and again on September-22,"1985. The first rape occurred when Dandridge forced the victim at gunpoint into his car, drove her to a nature trail behind the…