Supreme Court of Virginia· 10/8/1951

Ingram v. Commonwealth

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

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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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