Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 7, 1956No. 28526PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is rape by force; the punishment, eight years.

Upon his arraignment appellant entered a plea of guilty and a jury being empaneled and the court having fully admonished him, he pleaded guilty before the jury.

The prosecutrix, a widow, testified that she lived alone; that she retired about 11:30 P.M.; that as she was awakened she saw a man crawling on the floor; that she started hollering and the man jumped up and knocked her over on the bed and had intercourse with her; that he said “I have been planning this for 20 years and if you tell it I will kill you if it takes…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Barnett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  2. Reynolds v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  3. Bottom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926
  4. Epperson, Alias Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  2. Ex Parte WilliamsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  3. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  4. Dillon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  5. Dillon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957

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