State v. Elder

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

The defendant, Larry Elder, was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape. He was sentenced as a Range I standard offender to the custody of the Department of Corrections for six (6) years, his sentence to be served in the Rutherford County Workhouse.

In this appeal, the defendant says the trial court erred in allowing testimony as to the habits and customs of the victim, claims the trial court erred in charging the lesser included offense of attempt to commit rape, and argues that the trial court committed error in sentencing him. We find no merit to these…