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FORTSON v. STATE

No. 44401.

474 S.W.2d 234 (1971)

Hubert Lee FORTSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Edward Johnson, Fort Worth, Court appointed on appeal, for appellant.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., and John Garrett Hill, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of rape. The punishment was assessed by a jury at life.

The record reflects that on August 12, 1970, at approximately 12:30 A.M., the appellant approached two high school girls as they were driving away from an apartment house driveway. The girls were in a small foreign car and had their windows open. Appellant ran up to the window of the car, placed a knife at the driver's throat...

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