Summerlin v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

The appellant was convicted on charges of attempted rape and kidnapping. He was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment and fined fifteen thousand dollars on the kidnapping charge and was sentenced to an additional and consecutive term of twenty years on the attempted rape charge. On appeal, appellant contends that the court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict. He claims the state’s evidence was insufficient to support either the attempted rape or kidnapping convictions.

The victim testified that on June 25,1986, she was jogging on a park path in a wooded area…