Holland and Pierce v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for life.

Dick Hazzard and appellants were jointly indicted for the offense of rape. Hazzard was placed on trial first. Appellants were tried jointly. See the companion case of Dick Hazzard 'v. State, Number 12,307, opinion this day delivered. The court submitted a charge covering the law of principals predicated on the state’s theory that appellants aided Hazzard while he raped prosecutrix.

Appellants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. We briefly state the evidence as follows: Dick Hazzard made an…