Legal Opinion

Calanchi v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 2, 1960No. 31415PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Our prior opinion is withdrawn, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof.

The offense is statutory rape; the punishment, 30 years.

Prosecutrix was the 13-year old daughter of appellant. She had a twin sister. Prosecutrix testified that for a period of several months appellant had forced her to submit to acts of intercourse with him, that she became pregnant and bore a child as the result thereof. In this she was corroborated by her twin sister and her younger brother, who both slept in the same room with prosecutrix.

Appellant, the father…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gephart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  2. Bowles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1951
  3. Tennel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Vavra v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  2. Adame v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  4. Bradford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  5. Longoria v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964

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