State v. Thrasher

KAROHL, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of kidnapping, § 565.110 RSMo 1978, and three counts of forcible rape without a weapon, § 566.030 RSMo Supp.1982. Defendant was sentenced as a persistent offender to serve fifteen years for kidnapping and forty years on each rape charge, all to be served concurrently. § 558.016.

The complaining witness testified that on October 18, 1981, she was walking along a street in the city of St. Louis, when defendant pulled up alongside her in his car, and offered her a ride. After she voluntarily entered the car, defendant displayed a knife, threatened…