· 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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