Bell v. State

The appellant was convicted of statutory rape in a trial before a jury, and sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary. He contends that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the jury’s verdict, because there was evidence that he was insane at the time of the commission of the crime. He also contends that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting into evidence the appellant’s confession, because it included the confession of offenses other than the one for which he was tried.

The appellant was charged in two indictments, one charging statutory rape upon a girl under…