WARD v. STATE

No. 47428.

505 S.W.2d 832 (1974)

Roy WARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stark & Barnhart, Gainesville, for appellant.

Jerry Woodlock, County Atty., Gainesville, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty. and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of rape. His punishment was assessed at life imprisonment.

The record reflects that on the night of May 21, 1972, the prosecutrix went to her sister's house, 1005 East Scott, in Gainesville, which was unoccupied because prosecutrix's sister was vacationing. The prosecutrix was accompanied by her seven-year-old grandson. After putting her grandson to bed, she sewed and watched television until almost...

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