Shelton v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the offense of an assault with intent to commit rape and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years.

He brings forward a number of complaints. His first contention is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction of the offense of an assault with intent to rape.

The State’s evidence, briefly stated, shows that on the night of the 17th day of March, 1946, while Carlos Rosas and Celestina Robledo were sitting in an automobile which they had parked on a side road north from West Commerce…