State v. Cox

COPELAND, Justice.

Defendants and the State argue several assignments of error on appeal. We have carefully considered each assignment and conclude that the Court of Appeals correctly found no error which would entitle defendant Cox to a new trial on the kidnapping charge. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the Court of Appeals’ decision awarding a new trial to defendants Covington and Godfrey on the kidnapping charges and reinstate the trial court’s judgment on these charges. We also reverse the Court of Appeals’ opinion finding no error in defendants’ convictions of second degree rape,…