State v. Blackstock

In State v. Blackstock, 314 N.C. 232, 333 S.E.2d 245 (1985) the Court defined the time frame encompassing the "rape period" with regard to the infliction of serious personal injury under N.C.G.S. 14-27.2(a)(2)(b), an element which elevates rape and sexual offense from second to first degree offenses, by saying that "the element of infliction of serious personal injury upon the victim or another person in the crimes of first-degree sexual offense and first-degree rape is sufficiently connected in time to the sexual acts when there is a series of incidents forming one continuous transaction between the rape or sexual offense and the infliction of the serious personal injury." Id. at 242, 333 S.E.2d at 252.