State v. Young

The defendant was convicted of attempting to rape his brother-in-law’s wife in April, 1977. At that time, although only sixteen, the victim was already married and was several months pregnant. That pregnancy and a subsequent one were in part responsible for a delay of the trial for two years. Another contributing factor was a venue difficulty which was discovered as the facts developed in the first attempt at a trial held in the Caledonia Circuit.

The testimony revealed a rather simple set of facts. The victim testified that she had been left at the defendant’s trailer in Lyndonville by her…