PEOPLE OF MI V LAURELL D KING
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
February 27, 2001
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
LAURELL D. KING,
No. 220098
Wayne Circuit Court
LC No. 98-012043
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Meter, P.J., and Neff and O’Connell, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendant appeals as of right his bench trial conviction for assault with intent to commit
criminal sexual conduct involving penetration, MCL 750.520(g)(1); MSA 28.788(7)(1), and
entering a dwelling house without the owner’s permission, MCL 750.115; MSA 28.310. We
affirm.
On appeal, defendant argues that there was insufficient evidence to support his assault
conviction. We disagree.
In determining whether sufficient evidence has been presented to sustain a conviction, a
reviewing court must view the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution, and
determine whether any rational finder of fact could have found that the essential elements of the
crime were proven beyond a reasonable doubt. People v Wolfe, 440 Mich 508, 515; 489 NW2d
748 (1992).
The evidence was sufficient to support defendant’s conviction. The elements of the crime
are an assault and a specific intent to commit sexual penetration. People v Love, 91 Mich App
495; 283 NW2d 781 (1979). Complainant testified that defendant grabbed her around the neck,
dragged her in the bedroom, and forced her to submit to sexual penetration. Based on her
testimony, a rational finder of fact could conclude that the elements of the crime were proven
beyond a reasonable doubt. Wolfe, supra.
Affirmed.
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
/s/ Janet T. Neff
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
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