Adair v. State

235 S.W.2d 170 (1950)

ADAIR

v.

STATE.

No. 24966.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 22, 1950.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1951.

A. S. Baskett, Jimmie MacNicoll, Edgar Smith, and Harvey Lindsey, all of Dallas, for appellant.

Will R. Wilson, Jr., Crim. Dist. Atty., Charles S. Potts, Asst. Dist. Atty., and Waller M. Collie, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., all of Dallas, and George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for rape in which the jury fixed the punishment at death.

The case is a most unusual one, especially from the standpoint…