KILLINGSWORTH v. STATE

No. 24566.

226 S.W.2d 456 (1950)

KILLINGSWORTH v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 25, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thos. W. Thompson, Giddings, E. T. Simmang, Sr., Giddings, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of rape by the use of force, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of twenty years.

The only question presented by appellant for review is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction. The testimony adduced upon the trial shows that both the prosecutrix and appellant are Negroes. She was a school teacher and rented a room from appellant and his...

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