Bonfanti v. State

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of aggravated rape. The court assessed punishment at confinement for life.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, contending that there was no evidence that he threatened death and serious bodily injury.

Appellant was charged by indictment with aggravated rape. The indictment alleged that the intercourse was nonconsen-sual because appellant compelled the complainant to submit “by force, that overcame such earnest resistance as might reasonably have been expected under the circumstances ” — V.T.C.A.…