State v. Brown

Appeal by defendant from an order denying his motion for a new-trial. Defendant was tried on a charge of rape but convicted of the crime of attempted rape.

That the evidence of the state’s witnesses, if believed by the jury, is sufficient to sustain the conviction is not seriously questioned. Defendant contends that the court should have directed a verdict of acquittal, not, as we gather from the record and arguments, on the ground that there is no evidence, if believed, sufficient to go to the jury, but rather on the ground that the testimony of the complainant and some of the other witnesses…