SOVEY v. STATE

No. 35034.

362 S.W.2d 121 (1962)

Tom Samuel SOVEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 21, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Emerson, Houston, (on appeal only), for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Gus J. Zgourides and Jon N. Hughes, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, life.

In view of our disposition of this case, a recitation of the facts is not deemed necessary other than to observe that the offense is alleged to have been committed on appellant's daughter when he was alone with her, and appellant did not call his wife as a witness. On cross-examination, the prosecutor exhibited a statement in writing to appellant and asked him if it bore his wife's signature; he replied...

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