Parker v. State

The evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict, for it fails as a matter of law to show beyond a reasonable doubt, and to the exclusion of every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the intent to commit rape, that the attack was made with that intent.

DECIDED APRIL 6, 1945.

The defendant was convicted of an assault with intent to rape. He filed his motion for a new trial on the general grounds, to which he afterwards added two additional grounds, amplifying the general grounds. The court overruled the motion, and the defendant assigns error thereon. We will set forth the evidence…