State v. John

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

Defendant Woodrow Willy John appeals from his conviction of aggravated sexual assault, a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-405 (1978, Supp. 1988).

The victim, a forty-four-year-old woman, was moving out of her condominium in Salt Lake City, Utah. As she stood and reached into the back seat of her two-door car, which was parked in the street, she was struck on her back with what she testified felt like a blunt instrument. Her assailant said, “I have a knife,” although the victim did not see one, nor did the assailant make any specific…