STATE v. BERNTSEN

22850

295 S.C. 52 (1988)

367 S.E.2d 152

The STATE, Respondent v. Leroy Albert BERNTSEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. Appellate Defender D. Mark Stokes, of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia; and Solicitor Holman C. Gossett, Jr., Spartanburg, for respondent.


Heard Jan. 4, 1988.

Decided March 28, 1988.

CHANDLER, Justice:

Appellant (Berntsen) was convicted of five counts of kidnapping, two counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct, and one count each of grand larceny, armed robbery, and first degree burglary. We affirm.

FACTS

Berntsen was identified as the armed intruder who, on April 18, 1986, entered the apartment where Patty Estep (Patty) and her family lived. According to the State...

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