State v. Little

ELMORE, Judge.

Henry Arthur Little (defendant) was convicted by a jury of first-degree rape and assault by strangulation on 21 September 2006. Defendant now appeals.

The victim, Lorry Paggioli, lived in Beaufort County in June of 2005. She did not have a job or a home, and stayed with friends. She also abused alcohol and crack cocaine. Paggioli stayed with defendant for several weeks prior to 14 June 2005, and the two had consensual sex. On the night of 13 June 2005 and into the morning of 14 June 2005, Paggioli was drinking beer and smoking crack in the trailer of a friend, Mary Hardy. Hardy’s…