MILLER v. STATE

No. 44722.

479 S.W.2d 670 (1972)

Roosevelt MILLER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan J. Anderson, Richardson, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., Dallas, 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 at life.

Appellant alleges as grounds of error that the trial court should have allowed him to retain counsel even though the trial had already begun; and improper jury argument by the prosecutor. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

The record before us reflects that on July 20, 1970, the 27 year old prosecutrix took her...

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