Richardson v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, death.

This is the second trial for the instant offense, the venue having been changed from Anderson to Freestone County. The reversal of the prior conviction in Anderson County, which also resulted in a death penalty, is reported in 158 Tex. Cr. Rep. 536, 257 S. W. 2d 308.

The injured party, a fifteen-year old girl, testified that she was awakened by appellant in the middle of the night as she lay in her bedroom located at the back of her parent’s home; that he put his hand over her mouth and told her to keep quiet or he would kill her; that…