State v. Norton

GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant was charged by information with the offenses of burglary first degree, forcible sodomy, armed criminal action, forcible rape and stealing. A jury found him guilty of stealing but not guilty of all other charges.

Defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence so a brief statement of facts will suffice; The victim testified she was awakened when a man, later identified as defendant, got into her bed and raped and sodomized her at knifepoint. The police were called by the victim’s daughter. When they arrived at the scene the victim escaped through a window.…