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FITE v. STATE

No. 28090.

290 S.W.2d 897 (1956)

Flaudell FITE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Snodgrass, Joe McNicholas, and Chas. E. Tobin, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Fred Bruner, Geo. P. Blackburn, Thomas B. Thorpe and James K. Allen, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for rape; the punishment, death.

This is a companion case to that of Pierce v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 290 S.W.2d 912.

A summary of the facts as to the ravishing of the 17 year old prosecutrix and the robbery of her companion by Pierce and appellant is set out in our opinion in the Pierce case and need not here be repeated.

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