Lockhart v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The convictions are for rape; the punishment, five years in each case.

These are companion cases, and, although appellants were separately indicted, by agreement they were tried together and the appeals are hereby consolidated.

Testifying in their own behalf, each of the appellants admitted having intercourse with the prosecutrix, but each testified that it was with her consent.

At the beginning of the trial, the State, by written motion, requested the trial judge to instruct the attorneys for each of the appellants “not to inquire of the prosecutrix herein as to whether or not…