Legal Opinion

Douthit v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 21, 1971No. 44266PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction by a jury for assault with the intent to commit rape. The court assessed the punishment at sixteen years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged.

At approximately 11:00 p. m., September 6, 1969, the prosecutrix, a married woman *157twenty-two years of age who had been visiting her parents, was returning to their room in the Chariot Inn Motel in Austin with some hamburgers and cigarettes for them. Just as she turned into the motel driveway, a car behind her flashed a red light. She pulled over and parked. The appellant, who was the…

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2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Waller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Simpson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Cromeans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  5. Paschal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1905

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Frazier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Lackey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  3. Callins v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  4. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Lamberson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974

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