Allison v. State

248 S.W.2d 147 (1952)

ALLISON

v.

STATE.

No. 25703.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 5, 1952.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1952.

M. Gabriel Nahas, Jr., Spurgeon E. Bell, Houston, for appellant.

Sam W. Davis, Criminal Dist. Atty., King C. Haynie, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Houston, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is rape; the punishment, death.

In view of our disposition of this appeal, a statement of facts will not be necessary other than to observe that the appellant was a member of the colored race and the injured party was a white woman.

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