JACKSON v. STATE

No. 43688.

470 S.W.2d 201 (1971)

Donald Christopher JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Tucker, Everett Lord, Beaumont, for appellant, by appointment.

W. C. Lindsey, Dist. Atty., and John R. DeWitt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for rape; the jury assessed the punishment at life.

The State's evidence shows that on the evening of January 23, 1969, the appellant Jackson, Freddie Lockett, and Walter Sammy Goffney, were rabbit hunting in a wooded area near Interstate Highway 10 in Beaumont. They were wearing headlights and carrying shotguns and had been drinking heavily throughout the evening. They walked past a parked...

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