State v. Norman

HEDRICK, Judge.

The defendant assigns as error the Court’s denial of his motion for judgment as of nonsuit made at the close of the State’s evidence and renewed at the close of all the evidence. The defendant contends the evidence was insufficient to show an intent to commit rape.

The requisites of the crime with which defendant is charged were recently stated by Justice Sharp in State v. Hudson, 280 N.C. 74, 185 S.E. 2d 189 (1971) :

“. . . To convict a defendant on the charge of an assault with an intent to commit rape the State must prove not only an assault but that the defendant intended to…