State v. Williams

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant Gregory Williams was found guilty by a jury of the offense of assault with intent to commit rape without malice aforethought, and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years. Defendant appeals. We affirm.

Defendant complains: (1) the State made an illegal search of his room; (2) the court should have instructed on the lesser offense of common assault; and (3) he was prejudiced by a juror reading a newspaper during his trial.

Was it error for the court to admit evidence obtained, without a search warrant, in the search of defendant’s room? The court could have…