WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 28526.

296 S.W.2d 781 (1956)

Leroy WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. C. Hancock, Pittsburg, for appellant.

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


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is rape by force; the punishment, eight years.

Upon his arraignment appellant entered a plea of guilty and a jury being empaneled and the court having fully admonished him, he pleaded guilty before the jury.

The prosecutrix, a widow, testified that she lived alone; that she retired about 11:30 P.M.; that as she was awakened she saw a man crawling on the floor; that she started hollering and the man jumped up and knocked...

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