Legal Opinion
Branch v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 10, 1969No. 42306PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.
The offense is rape by force; the punishment, death.
The record reflects that the victim, a widow, lived alone some twelve miles north of Vernon and a distance of about two blocks from the home of her son. Testifying at the trial she positively identified appellant as the Negro man who, about 2 A.M., after gaining entrance into her house through a window, by force ravished and had sexual intercourse with her, and after demanding and taking money she had in her coin purse and threatening to repeat his act, finally drove away. She immediately ran to her son’s home…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Akins v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Tarrance v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Pittman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. FitzpatrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Tarpley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Colston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
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