State v. Compos

McGHEE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of assault with intent to rape in violation of Sec. 41-610, N.M.S.A.1941 Compilation, and sentenced to serve not less than fifteen years and not more than twenty-five years in the penitentiary. He seeks a reversal of the judgment on account of the claimed failure of the evidence to sustain the verdict, and, in the alternative asks that the sentence be reduced.

The undisputed evidence shows the defendant entered the home of the prosecutrix, who lived in a rather isolated section of Silver City with her two children (a daughter of the age…