Styler v. State

DUFFY, Justice:

Robert Styler (defendant) appeals from convictions in the Superior Court of rape in the first degree, burglary in the second degree and terroristic threatening. 1

Defendant concedes that he and the victim were in the latter’s bedroom on a June morning while her mother was in or about the house. His testimony conflicts with the victim’s in two significant respects: He says that he was in the room at her invitation and that he did not have any sexual contact with her; the victim testified that defendant entered the house and her bedroom without permission and that he raped her.…