Lockard v. State

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice.

Bufford Elvin Lockard has appealed his conviction for the offense of aggravated rape with a deadly weapon. TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 21.03 (Vernon 1974). He was indicted as a habitual offender, which allegations the jury found to be true, and then sentenced by the jury to life imprisonment.

We affirm.

On the afternoon of October 5, 1982, the victim, a speech therapist to handicapped children, was abducted at gunpoint by a white male, in a grocery store parking lot, and forced into her own car. After forcing her to drive a short distance, he blindfolded her with his shirt…