State v. Acord

BROTHERTON, Justice:

The appellant, Sam Blackburn Acord, was found guilty of first degree sexual assault by a Raleigh County jury on June 13, 1983, and was sentenced to a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years in the penitentiary. He appeals that conviction, alleging several errors in the proceedings. We find no error warranting reversal, and, therefore, affirm the trial court’s judgment.

The victim in this case was a twenty-seven-year-old woman who lived with her husband and two children in Raleigh County. On June 8, 1980, the victim’s husband, who worked a late shift as a…