Legal Opinion

Goka v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 1, 1983No. 01-82-0806-CRPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

After finding appellant guilty of rape, a jury assessed his punishment at twenty years confinement and a fine of $10,000.

*21In two grounds of error, appellant urges that the State’s failure to offer any evidence of one of the two alleged means of committing rape (1) constituted a fatal variance between pleading and proof, and (2) authorized the jury to convict him on a theory not supported by the evidence.

Texas Penal Code Ann. § 21.02 (Vernon Supp.1983) provides:(a) A person commits an offense if he has sexual intercourse with a female not his wife without the female’s…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Carrillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Dowden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Cowan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Morter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. Vaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Baker, JonathanTexas Supreme Court · 2015

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