State v. Hinz

594 P.2d 1350, 22 Wash. App. 906, 1979 Wash. App. LEXIS 2253
CourtCourt of Appeals of Washington
DecidedMarch 19, 1979
Docket6138-1
StatusPublished
Cited by15 cases

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Bluebook
State v. Hinz, 594 P.2d 1350, 22 Wash. App. 906, 1979 Wash. App. LEXIS 2253 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979).

Opinion

Andersen, J.

Facts of Case

The defendant appeals from his conviction of the crimes of attempted rape in the second degree and assault in the second degree.

The victim and a girl friend of hers spent several hours at a Redmond, Washington cocktail lounge described in the testimony as "more or less a single's bar." She testified that when she left alone to drive home, she was accosted outside the bar by the defendant, with whom she had danced, and who asked her to drive him home. She agreed and, as she testified, when she stopped her car in the driveway of the house to which he had asked to be taken, the defendant made advances and then beat her severely in the course of an attempt to rape her.

Evidence corroborating the victim's testimony was presented in the form of torn clothing, photographs showing her injuries and testimony by the defendant's cousin that he was awakened by the victim's screams and intervened before the rape or any further assault could take place. The police officers who arrived at the scene shortly after the events in question also testified as to the victim's injuries and her distraught condition.

Instructions

In order to deal with the many assignments of error raised on appeal with reference to the instructions given to the jury by the trial court, it is necessary to set out the full text of a number of those instructions. They are as follows:

The defendant has entered a plea of not guilty. That plea puts in issue every element of the crime charged.
*908 The plaintiff has the burden of proving each element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
A defendant is presumed innocent. This presumption continues throughout the entire trial unless you find it has been overcome by the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
A reasonable doubt is one for which a reason exists. You are not to consider doubts that are unreasonable or which are unsupported by evidence or lack of evidence. A reasonable doubt is such a doubt as would exist in the mind of a reasonable person after fully, fairly and carefully considering all of the evidence or lack of evidence. If, after such consideration, you have an abiding belief in the truth of the charge, you are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt.

Instruction No. 2.

The crimes charged in this case are crimes which require proof of specific criminal intent on the part of the defendant to engage in sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion.
To establish specific criminal intent, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knowingly did an act which the law forbids, purposely intending to violate the law. The existence or non-existence of such specific criminal intent may be determined from all the facts and circumstances surrounding the case.

Instruction No. 4.

To convict the defendant of the crime of attempted rape in the second degree as charged in Count I of the Information, each of the following elements of the crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) That on or about the 29th day of January, 1977, the defendant attempted to engage in sexual intercourse with Pamela M. Mattis;
(2) That Pamela M. Mattis was not married to the defendant;
(3) That the attempt to engage in sexual intercourse was by forcible compulsion, and
(4) That the acts occurred in King County, Washington.
*909 If you find from the evidence that each of these elements has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, then it will be your duty to return a verdict of guilty. On the other hand, if, after weighing all the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt as to any of these elements, then it will be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.

Instruction No. 5.

If it appears from the evidence in this case that Pam Mattis consented to the act of sexual intercourse, then you must find the defendant not guilty.

Instruction No. 5B.

A person is guilty of an attempt to commit crime if, with intent to commit a specific crime, he does any act which is a substantial step toward the commission of that crime.
If the conduct in which a person engages otherwise constitutes an attempt to commit a crime, it is no defense to a prosecution of such attempt that the crime charged to have been attempted was, under the attendant circumstances, factually or legally impossible of commission.

Instruction No. 6.

The term "substantial step" means more than mere preparation or solicitation.

Instruction No. 7.

To convict the defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree as charged in Count II of the Information, each of the following elements of the crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) That on or about the 29th day of January, 1977, the defendant knowingly assaulted Pamela M. Mattis;
(2) That the assault was committed with intent to commit rape; and
(3) That the acts occurred in King County, Washington.
If you find from the evidence that each of these elements has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, then it will be your duty to return a verdict of guilty.
On the other hand, if, after weighing all of the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt as to any one of the *910 elements, then it will be your duty tcj return a verdict of not guilty.

Instruction No. 11.

A person commits the crime of assault in the second degree when he knowingly assaults another with intent to commit a felony.

Instruction No. 12.

An assault is an act, with unlawful force, done with intent to inflict bodily injury upon another, tending but failing to accomplish it, and accompanied with the apparent present ability to inflict the bodily injury if not prevented. It is not necessary that bodily injury be inflicted, but is sufficient if an apprehension and fear of bodily injury is created in another.
An assault is also an intentional unpermitted touching or striking of the person or body of another, regardless of whether any actual physical harm is done to the other person.
An assault is also an intentional act, with unlawful force, which creates in another a reasonable apprehension and fear of bodily injury, even though the actor did not actually intend to inflict bodily injury.

Instruction No. 13.

A person knows or acts knowingly or with knowledge when:

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