Hall v. State

Banke, Chief Judge.

The appellant appeals his convictions of burglary, rape, and aggravated assault.

The victim, an elderly widow, was beaten, stabbed, and sexually assaulted in her home shortly after midnight on June 24, 1985. At around 7:00 a.m. that morning, her daughter discovered her condition and immediately summoned the police, over the victim’s protestations that “she was afraid and didn’t want any trouble.”

The appellant was arrested two days later for criminal trespass. Upon reading the incident report regarding that arrest, Lieutenant Fiveash of the police department noticed a…