GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.
The appellant, Leroy Burris, was convicted of rape and sentenced to 20 years' confinement. He contends that the trial court should not have permitted each of two witnesses to testify that the prosecutrix, within a few minutes after the occurrence, stated that she had been raped by Burris. We hold that both statements were admissible.
The prosecutrix testified that, in the absence of her husband, Burris forced her into her apartment...
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