Hawkins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACKSON, Commissioner.
The conviction was for oral sodomy upon a six year old girl; the punishment, determined by the jury, eight (8) years.
Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence for his first ground of error.
The victim of the alleged oral sodomy was a six year old girl, eight years’ old when she testified at the trial. She was the daughter of a divorced couple. The mother had her custody. Her father was married again. The mother was an admitted prostitute. Appellant moved in with her without marriage and she gave money to appellant from her earnings as a prostitute.
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- Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
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