Moore v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

Defendant, Tim Moore, was convicted by a jury of rape, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-42 — 4—1 (Burns 1979), and was sentenced to a determinate term of twenty years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant raises only the issue of whether the trial court erred in granting the state’s motion in limine and thereafter attempting to conceal the prosecutrix’s visibly pregnant condition.

Evidence adduced at trial showed that defendant raped Falise Bronston on November 8, 1977. The trial commenced on April 20, 1978, more than five months after the crime. At the time of trial Ms. Bron-ston…