Green v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of rape; the punishment was assessed at twenty-five years.

Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to show his guilt as a principal.

The record reflects that around 1:30 or 2:00 a. m. on April 20, 1969; the prosecu-trix and her sixteen-year-old girlfriend, who was spending the night with her, went riding with Harold. Upon stopping for a train at a railroad crossing, a car pulled up behind them. Several black men got out of this car, walked up to Harold’s car, and at least two of them pointed guns at them. The…