STATE v. COPPAGE

No. 8826SC795.

381 S.E.2d 169 (1989)

STATE of North Carolina v. Walter COPPAGE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Lemuel W. Hinton, Raleigh, for the State.

Public Defender Isabel Scott Day by Asst. Public Defender Marc D. Towler, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


GREENE, Judge.

Defendant appeals from the imposition of consecutive life sentences imposed by the trial court after the jury returned a verdict of guilty to first-degree rape and first-degree sexual offense.

The State's evidence tended to show defendant attacked the victim and had vaginal and anal intercourse with her. As a result of the assault, the victim received bruises to the face, blackened eyes, bruised eyeballs, scalp lacerations and injuries to her...

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