NILSSON v. STATE

No. 44493.

477 S.W.2d 592 (1972)

William D. NILSSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Ted Butler, Dist. Atty., and Lucien B. Campbell, Asst. Dist. Atty., San Antonio, 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 of a female under fifteen years of age. The state waived the death penalty and, after a finding of guilty by a jury, the judge assessed punishment at 20 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is challenged.

The record reflects that during part of the month of November, 1967, appellant...

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