Gido v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

Rene Gido appeals his conviction of the offenses of rape, statutory rape, kidnapping with bodily injury and robbery by force.

The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, shows the following. At approximately 2:45 one morning, the 13-year-old victim was waiting for a friend outside a nightclub. A man, later identified as Gido, approached the victim and asked her name. When the victim told Gido she did not talk to strangers, he grabbed her tightly around the waist and dragged her up the street. As they approached an intersection, the victim got away…