State v. Huang

GREENE, Judge.

Defendant Barney K. Huang was tried by jury on charges of attempted second-degree rape and assault on a female. The jury acquitted him of attempted second-degree rape, but found him guilty of assault on a female, in violation of N.C.G.S. 14-33(b)(2) (1986). The trial court imposed a two-year sentence.

Defendant and the prosecutrix Grace Lee Wang (Ms. Wang) gave conflicting testimony about the incident giving rise to this prosecution. Each claimed to be the victim of the other’s sexual attack.

Defendant testified that at the time of trial he was fifty-eight years old and that he…