Rhynes v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of rape. Punishment was assessed by a jury at twenty years.

Initially, appellant contends that since a doctor testified that there was “no evidence of rape or intercourse” the uncorroborated testimony of the complaining witness is insufficient to support the conviction.

The record reflects that the fifty-seven year old prosecutrix was a Bible sales lady and that on May 15, 1969, at approximately 5 o’ clock P.M. she was going from door to door at an apartment house in Odessa when she encountered the appellant. He asked her what…