State v. Atkins

McCullough, Judge.

■ Defendant Larry James Atkins (“defendant”) was tried before a jury at the 26 February 2007 Criminal Session of Wayne County Superior Court after being charged with two counts of second-degree rape and one count of first-degree burglary.

The relevant evidence tended to show the following: eighty-three-year-old, Vera P. Brown (“Brown”) lived alone at 1106 Atlantic Avenue, Goldsboro, North Carolina. Brown suffered from severe arthritis, could not cook or care for herself, was incontinent, and had trouble getting down her front steps without the use of a walker, • wheelchair,…