State v. Strickland

MARTIN, Justice.

Upon indictments proper in form defendant was convicted of burglary in the first degree and rape in the second degree. The state’s evidence shows that defendant and the victim were neighbors, that they had known each other for about nine years, and that prior to the rape they had never had sexual intercourse with one another. On the evening of 23 April 1985, instead of going to a party with her daughter, the prosecuting witness stayed at home because she was sick. Sometime after dark defendant came to the victim’s house, stood outside of the locked screen door, and asked her…