SANDOVAL v. STATE

No. 27721.

285 S.W.2d 222 (1955)

Salvador SANDOVAL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. G. Garza, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for rape; the punishment, life imprisonment.

Appellant was separately tried under an indictment in which he and six other co-defendants were jointly charged with the offense of rape upon Betty Van Cleave, a woman, without her consent and by the use of force, threats and fraud.

The State's testimony shows that the prosecutrix and her companion, Randall Erekson, after attending a dance on Saturday night, around 1...

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