ORTEGA v. STATE

No. 07-81-0015-CR.

628 S.W.2d 539 (1982)

Antonio ORTEGA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

February 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Garza, Lubbock, for appellant.

John T. Montford, Criminal Dist. Atty., Jim B. Darnell, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before DODSON, COUNTISS and BOYD, JJ.


COUNTISS, Justice.

The offense is burglary of a habitation with intent to commit rape. The punishment is 15 years imprisonment. We affirm.

The following sequence of events was developed by the State's evidence. In the early morning hours of August 12, 1979, the prosecutrix came home from work and went to bed. A few minutes after she retired, a man entered her house. She immediately left the house and stood outside near the front door until the man came up...

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