Legal Opinion

Martin v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 23, 1966No. 39208PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for rape; the punishment, twenty years.

This case was reversed on a former appeal. Martin v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 385 S.W.2d 260.

The prosecutrix, age 15, on the day charged in the indictment, testified that the appellant, her father, had played with her breasts and private parts, and told her that all girls after age thirteen did that” with their father; that he also told her that if she did not believe it to read Genesis 19:30-38, and she identified her father’s Bible and the place it was marked in Genesis; that while she and her father were alone at…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bates v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  2. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  3. Lozano v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  4. Torres v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Broussard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Grantom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. Pelham v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1984

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