Snyder v. Commonwealth

Indicted for rape and burglary with intent to commit rape, the defendant, Tommy Allen Snyder, was tried by a jury and convicted of both charges. Sentenced in accordance with the jury’s verdicts to a term of five years in the penitentiary on each charge, the defendant seeks reversal on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions and that the trial court erred in refusing two defense instructions.

The prosecutrix resided with a roommate, Brenda Wood, in the Highland Park section of Henrico County. According to the prosecutrix, her roommate drove her home from work…