Martin v. State

385 S.W.2d 260 (1964)

Tom Victor MARTIN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 37199.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 4, 1964.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1964.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied January 13, 1965.

J. E. Jackson, Ruff Wall, Carthage, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

McDONALD, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The state has confessed error in this case for the reason that venue was not proved. Appellant made a motion for an instructed verdict upon the grounds that venue was…