MAXWELL v. STATE

No. 34778.

362 S.W.2d 326 (1962)

James A. MAXWELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moises V. Vela, Harlingen, Hector Yznaga, Brownsville, for appellant.

F. T. Graham, Dist. Atty., Brownsville, Joel William Ellis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harlingen, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is rape by force; the punishment, 25 years.

Appellant's able counsel correctly states the case as follows: "On the evening of the 11th day of July, 1961, a young girl by the name of Gloria Martinez was acting as baby sitter for the children of a woman by the name of Grace Hinkle. Grace Hinkle owned a trailer house in the City of Harlingen, Texas, where she lived with her two children. It was at this trailer house that...

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