NIELSON v. STATE

No. 41781.

437 S.W.2d 862 (1969)

Harold NIELSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Anderson, Cleburne (On Appeal Only), for appellant.

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


OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is attempt to rape; the punishment, assessed by the jury, 30 years' confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

This appeal presents the question of whether a conviction for an attempt to rape may be sustained upon proof of the completed offense.

The 13-year-old prosecutrix testified that on the night of November 15, 1967, after her mother had left for work as a waitress in Fort Worth, the appellant...

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