State v. Jenkins

COZORT, Judge.

On 24 July 1992, defendant was convicted of one count of first degree rape and one count of second degree kidnapping. Judge Orlando F. Hudson sentenced defendant to life in prison for the first degree rape and thirty years in prison for the second degree kidnapping to run at the expiration of the first sentence. Defendant appeals. We find the trial court committed two errors of sufficient prejudice to require a new trial for defendant.

The State presented the following evidence: A female student at North Carolina Central University, began dating defendant, a temporary employee…