State v. Rouse

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Tony Pernell Rouse (“defendant”) appeals from judgments entered upon his conviction by a jury of first degree burglary, first degree rape, first degree sex offense, assault inflicting serious bodily injury, attempted common law robbery, and first degree kidnapping. For the reasons below, we find no error.

The State’s evidence at trial tended to show that, sometime after midnight on 11 March' 2007, M.J., a seventy-year-old woman living alone in Kinston, went to her back door to check the lock before going to bed. Looking out a back window, M.J. noticed a figure outside. As…