State v. Rulo

ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., Judge.

Lonnie Rulo (Defendant) appeals from the judgment upon his convictions by a jury of one count of kidnapping, Section 565.110, RSMo 2000, one count of forcible rape, Section 566.030, RSMo 2000, and two counts of armed criminal action, Section 571.015, RSMo 2000. Defendant received a fifteen-year imprisonment sentence on the kidnapping count and life imprisonment sentences on the three remaining counts with all sentences to run consecutively. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Because we find Defendant’s first point on appeal dispositive, we address only those…