PICKETT v. STATE

No. 24564.

228 S.W.2d 516 (1949)

PICKETT v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Gabriel Nahas, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

A. C. Winborn, Criminal District Attorney, Houston, E. T. Branch, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Houston, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for rape, with the death penalty.

Appellant, in his brief, has given a very accurate and concise statement of the pertinent evidence in the case, a part of which we copy as follows, with the name of his victim omitted:

"The appellant, Ben Pickett, a negro, was indicted November 24, 1948, tried and convicted February 16, 1949, in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, of the rape of one * * *...

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