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· 10/8/1951

Ingram v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 192 Va. 794
  • 66 S.E.2d 846
  • 1951 Va. LEXIS 227

How courts have described this case

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  • reviewing prior cases holding evidence insufficient to support attempted rape convictions, indicating that “use of force or threats” would be sufficient
  • defendant’s violent attack on victim dressed in night clothes sufficient to support attempted rape conviction
  • determination of defendant's intent \presents a factual question which lies peculiarly within the province of the jury\
  • where the victim, alone in her house, answered a knock on the door, the defendant lunged toward her, grabbed her neck, and began choking her, the evidence was sufficient to infer intent to commit rape
  • where the victim, alone in her house, answered a knock on the door, the defendant lunged toward her, grabbed her neck, and began choking her, the evidence was sufficient to infer intent to commit rape
  • where the victim, alone in her house, answered a knock on the door, the defendant lunged toward her, grabbed her neck, and began choking her, the evidence was sufficient to infer intent to commit rape

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Judges: Speatley

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