Wright v. State

527 S.W.2d 859 (1975)

Darrell Ray WRIGHT, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 49576.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

September 17, 1975.

Gerald M. Brown, Temple, for appellant.

Joe Carroll, Dist. Atty., Bob D. Odom, Asst. Dist. Atty., Belton, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for statutory rape under Article 1183 of the former Penal Code wherein the punishment was assessed at 30 years' imprisonment by the jury after the appellant had elected to be punished…