CROSS v. STATE

No. 33565.

350 S.W.2d 29 (1961)

Joseph Hiram CROSS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arturo C. Gonzalez, Jose R. Gonzalez, Del Rio, for appellant.

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


McDONALD, Judge.

Statutory rape is the offense, with punishment assessed at life confinement in the penitentiary.

The state's testimony reflects that Mellie Nadine Cross was the daughter of the appellant and that at the time of the intercourse, on December 10, 1960, in Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas, she was twelve years of age, the record also reflecting that previous acts of intercourse had occurred between them in San Antonio, Texas, and Menard, Texas...

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