ROBINSON v. STATE

No. 42878.

453 S.W.2d 836 (1970)

Saul ROBINSON, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Coil, Dallas (court appointed on appeal only), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Camille Elliott, Harry J. Schulz, Jr., and John B. Tolle, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is statutory rape; the punishment, 35 years.

First, the appellant complains that a statement made by the state's attorney during re-cross examination of the appellant was unsworn testimony and that by such testimony the appellant was denied his constitutional right to cross-examine the alleged witness (state's attorney) when he made the statement: "Yes, it will."

While the appellant was testifying in his...

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