McKinney v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Joseph McKinney, the appellant, was charged by separate indictment with two instances of robbery in the first degree, two instances of burglary in the first degree, attempted rape, and rape in the first degree. He was convicted on all charges and was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on each conviction.

On this direct appeal from those convictions, the appellant asserts that the trial judge committed reversible error by communicating with the jury after the case had been submitted for deliberation and in the…