BROOKENS v. STATE

No. 41924.

438 S.W.2d 577 (1969)

Nathaniel BROOKENS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent W. Perini, Dallas, for appellant.

Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, sixty years.

The trial was before a jury on a plea of guilty. The prosecutrix testified that appellant cut the screen, knocked the lock off the door, and entered her house. He held a knife to her chest and threatened to kill her. When the telephone started ringing, he jerked it loose from the wall. In the presence of her five children, he pushed...

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