ARMSTRONG v. STATE

No. 63110.

653 S.W.2d 810 (1983)

Louise Marie ARMSTRONG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

July 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roark M. Reed, Danny D. Burns, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty. and Jeffrey B. Keck & Barry Sorrells, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty. and Alfred Walker, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before TOM G. DAVIS and W.C. DAVIS, JJ.


OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of carrying a handgun. The jury assessed punishment at one year's confinement, probated.

Appellant now contends the court erred in refusing to submit the defense of necessity for consideration by the jury.

Appellant had testified that she had been raped two weeks before the offense by a man who threatened her with death if she reported the rape, that she had seen the rapist one week before...

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