State v. Reed

WUEST, Justice.

Appellant, Stanley Owen Reed (appellant), was found guilty of attempted second-degree rape by a jury verdict and sentenced to the state penitentiary. He appeals and we affirm.

In September 1984, appellant was invited to the trailer house of Debra Baker Brown (Brown) to lay some carpet. Later that day, he was left alone with Brown’s daughter, and the victim, a friend of the daughter. Both girls were fourteen years old and seventh graders.

There is a dispute in the testimony of appellant and the victim. Victim testified she was sitting on a bean bag chair when appellant began to…