Tucker v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, death.

Prosecutrix, Irene Tucker, according to her testimony, became fifteen years of age during the month of March, 1938. The offense was alleged to have occurred on the 27th of June, 1938. The testimony presented no question of force, intimidation or coercion; but, on the contrary, showed that prosecutrix consented to the act of intercourse. Appellant was convicted as a principal, it not being shown that he had sexual relations with prosecutrix. However, according to her version, he sug gested that she sell her body for a stated sum and…