State v. Jordan

FRYE, Justice.

Defendant contends on this appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that crime against nature is a lesser included offense of first degree sexual offense. We find no error.

Defendant was indicted on 15 September 1986 for first degree sexual offense of a female. He was tried at the 16 February 1987 Criminal Session of Superior Court, New Hanover County.

At trial, the victim testified that on 27 November 1982 her car broke down in front of a convenience store in Wilmington, North Carolina.…