RICHARDSON v. STATE

No. 26910.

266 S.W.2d 129 (1954)

RICHARDSON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 31, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, death.

This is the second trial for the instant offense, the venue having been changed from Anderson to Freestone County. The reversal of the prior conviction in Anderson County, which also resulted in a death penalty, is reported in Tex.Cr.App., 257 S.W.2d 308.

The injured party, a fifteen-year-old girl, testified that she was awakened by appellant in the middle...

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