Opinion ID: 1248901
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Offenses Relating to Kimberly Warren

Text: As to Kimberly Warren, defendant was charged with attempted first-degree rape and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. The jury found defendant not guilty of attempted rape, but guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, a misdemeanor. Warren was homeless and unemployed in November 1996. She would stay at the A.S.K., a store that, through a connected business, offered services as a temporary employment agency. Warren would sleep in the van that belonged to the business. William Hargrove, Warren's friend, was responsible for the van and drove people to work in the van. Defendant was one of the persons that Hargrove would drive to different job sites. Hargrove introduced Warren and defendant in the van. Warren was using crack cocaine daily during this time. When Warren met defendant, he indicated that he wanted oral sex in exchange for some crack. On some occasions, Warren had exchanged sex for drugs, but she told defendant no because she already had some crack. Two or three weeks later, Warren saw defendant on Harrington Street near the Greyhound Bus Station. Defendant asked her if she wanted to get high or if she wanted some money. Warren responded that she wanted to get high, so defendant told her to wait down the street near the 42nd Street Oyster Bar. Defendant met her there a few minutes later, and they walked to a warehouse on Hargett Street. They climbed a fence and went towards a parked trailer. Defendant opened the sliding door on the back of the trailer, they climbed inside, and defendant closed the door halfway. Defendant began to unwrap the crack and then said, Bitch take your clothes off. When Warren refused, defendant put his hands around her neck, lifted her up, and slammed her against the wall of the trailer. He kept one hand around her neck and produced a sharp object in his other hand. She struggled, managed to get his hand away from her throat, and screamed. Once she screamed, defendant ran away. Warren went back to Harrington Street and told Hargrove what had happened, which he corroborated at trial, but she did not report it to the police. Her neck was scratched as a result of the incident. Three or four months later, Hargrove pointed Warren out to an officer and told the officer that Warren had said defendant had attacked her. Warren subsequently identified defendant as her attacker from a photograph and a photographic lineup.