King v. Commonwealth

Ogden Doremus King, charged with attempted rape in violation of Va. Code §§ 18.1-17 and 18.1-44 (Cum. Supp. 1975), was found guilty by a jury which fixed- his punishment at confinement in jail for three months and payment of a fine of $1,000. By order of January 12, 1976, which King has appealed, the trial court entered judgment on the verdict.

The prosecutrix, Jennifer Slawson, was a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. On the evening of April 25, 1975, she, her roommate, Lydia Shaeffer, and another young woman went to the 117 Club in Blacksburg, where they listened…