State v. Ray

Defendant, charged in count 1 of the amended information with the attempted rape of one Ann F-on April 16, 1961, and in count 2 with the rape of one Viola D-, appeals the judgment of conviction on each count. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on each count to sustain his conviction on the precise charges set forth in the information. We will study the two counts individually.

Ann F-, a widow, employed as a practical nurse in a nursing home in Tacoma, was ironing in a small room off of the kitchen when, at about 3 a.m., April 16, 1961, she was startled by a man standing in the…