State v. Wilkins

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Presiding Judge.

Courtney D. Wilkins (“Appellant”) was convicted of rape, a violation of § 566.030; kidnapping, a violation of § 565.110; and the Class B felony of first-degree assault, a violation of § 565.050. 1 He was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment for rape, twenty years for kidnapping and thirty years for assault. Appellant represented himself in a trial that took place from February 22, 2005, through March 1, 2005. Appellant is represented by counsel in this appeal, 2 in which he raises two errors: first, that the trial court abused its…