BASS v. STATE

No. 43892.

468 S.W.2d 465 (1971)

Billy Frank BASS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde W. Woody, Marian S. Rosen, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis, Bell and Erwin Ernst, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of rape. Appellant waived the right of trial by jury, and the court assessed punishment at 25 years.

Prosecutrix was thirteen years of age on the date of the offense, June 9, 1969.

The record reflects that on such date, prosecutrix' mother, who had been keeping company with appellant, and who had spent the preceding night with him at her home, returned from work about...

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