ELLIOTT v. STATE

No. 42043.

444 S.W.2d 914 (1969)

Leon Bennie ELLIOTT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1969.

Second Rehearing Denied October 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley, Laubach & Watrous, by Jimmy D. Ashley, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Robert C. Bennett, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to rape; the punishment, 40 years.

Appellant's grounds of error present the contention that the evidence is insufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt "the specific intent to commit the crime of rape"; the contention that the court reversibly erred in allowing the jury to consider appellant's confession as evidence of his specific intent; the contention that the court erred...

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