State v. Walker

EDMUNDS, Judge.

Defendant Clarence Lee Walker appeals his convictions of attempted first-degree rape and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. We vacate the attempted rape conviction but find no error in the assault conviction.

The victim in this case was employed as a Deputy Clerk of Court of Guilford County, working in the courthouse in High Point. At approximately 9:30 a.m. on 31 March 1998, she went to the public restroom on the second floor of the courthouse. While in one of the stalls, she heard the men’s restroom door open, then almost immediately heard the women’s…