WILLIS v. STATE

No. 56634.

626 S.W.2d 500 (1979)

Cecil Ray WILLIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Thomas Hirsch, Odessa, for appellant.

Vern F. Martin, Dist. Atty. & Timothy A. Sloan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Midland, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS, PHILLIPS and W.C. DAVIS, JJ.


OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal follows a rape conviction under Article 1183, Vernon's Ann.P.C., where punishment was assessed by the jury at forty years confinement. Appellant raises nine grounds of error. We affirm.

Grounds of error one, two, and three are directed toward the action of the trial court in dismissing a witness subpoenaed on behalf of appellant. Appellant claims such action constitutes an abuse of discretion and argues further...

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