Raifsnider v. State

Appellant was given a sentence of five years in the penitentiary upon a conviction for a statutory offense under Article 1183, Vernon's Ann. P. C.

The indictment in the case contains two counts, one of which would support a conviction for rape by force, or of a female under the age of fifteen years. The second count applies only in the event the female is under the age of fifteen years.

It is contended in the appeal that the evidence of the prosecutrix does not comport with human experience and therefore should not support a conviction. It is true that the story told by the fourteen year old…