Smith v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is statutory rape; the punishment, 5 years.

The sole question presented is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

Appellant, the father of the 14 year old girl named in the indictment, made a statement which was reduced to writing and was introduced in evidence at the trial as a voluntary confession.

In his confession appellant stated that he had sexual intercourse with the girl first when she was eleven years old, and many times thereafter. He stated that the last time he had intercourse with her was in his bedroom, a week or so before,…