Norvell v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is rape. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of seven years.

Appellant asserts that the evidence which forms the basis for his conviction was improperly admitted over his objection. The State relied solely upon the testimony of the prosecutrix. It appears from the record that the mother of the prosecutrix and the appellant were married on the 17th day of February, 1943; that they separated on the 21st day of June, 1945, at which time the mother went to Childress, where she made her home, leaving the prosecutrix (who was her…