Groves v. State

Smith, Judge.

Appellant raises as error the trial court’s admission of evidence over a chain-of-custody objection and the court’s imposition of punishment upon his convictions for both rape and burglary, which punishment assertedly violated the statutory proscription of double jeopardy. We affirm.

The evidence showed that appellant and another broke into the victim’s apartment in Athens. The victim was in bed, and appellant physically held her thére, threatening her with a knife, while his friend had sexual intercourse with her. Subsequently, appellant informed her that "if [she] kissed him ...…