Ainsworth v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of rape. The punishment was assessed by the jury at thirty years.

In the first ground of error, appellant contends that the judgment is void because the verdict at the punishment stage is indefinite and uncertain. The jury returned the following verdict at the punishment stage of the trial:

“The defendant, Lyndoll Lener Ains-worth, having been found guilty of rape as charged in the indictment, We, the Jury, assess his punishment at confinement in the Department of Corrections for the State of Texas for a period of 30_”

The…