HUSKINS, Justice:
Defendant's first assignment of error is based on the admission of Mrs. McGill's testimony that defendant committed the crime of rape in addition to the crime of kidnapping.
It is a general rule of evidence that in a prosecution for a particular crime the State cannot offer evidence tending to show that the accused has committed another distinct, independent, or separate offense. State v. Long,
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