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WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 46054.

492 S.W.2d 496 (1973)

Fred Luther WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Gilleland, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., and James C. Brough, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DALLY, COMMISSIONER.

The conviction is for rape; the punishment life imprisonment.

A twenty-eight year old woman from out of the state, who was a visitor in Houston, lost her way and stopped her automobile in the Fourth Ward to obtain directions. While she was conversing with the appellant, known as "Big Fred," a young man reached through the window, snatched her purse and ran. The appellant offered to show her where the purse snatcher lived...

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