Phillips v. State

CASE SUMMARY

Buchanan, J.

Defendant-Appellant Henry Phillips (Phillips) appeals from the convictions of the crimes of Attempt to Commit a Felony While Armed (Rape)1 and Assault & Battery with Intent to Kill,2 claiming insufficiency of the evidence, prosecutorial misconduct, and that improper remarks were made about his past criminal record.

We affirm.

FACTS

The evidence most favorable to the State is:

On July 20, 1975, Barbara Wilkins,3 a woman sixteen years of age, awakened at 4:00 A.M. to find an intruder in her bedroom holding a knife to the back of her neck. Although he threatened to, kill her…