Legal Opinion

Lynch v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 22, 1947No. 23559PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Rape is the offense; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

Prosecutrix, a thirteen-year-old girl, testified that appellant by force and without her consent raped her. She said the act of intercourse was complete.

The day following the assault, prosecutrix made an outcry, as a result of which a physician made a physical examination of her privates. The examination failed to evidence a complete penetration of the female’s privates but it did reveal a penetration of the vulva or labia.

Such facts are deemed sufficient to establish penetration, as required in a prosecution…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  2. Mirick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1918

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Vernon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Nilsson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Cowan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Sherbert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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