Rucker v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

After finding the appellant guilty of aggravated rape, a jury assessed his punishment at confinement for life. The appellant contends that the evidence was insuffi*582cient to prove the aggravating element of threat of death or serious bodily injury (V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Section 21.03(a)(2)).

The appellant evidently hid in the complainant’s car while she was in a post office. Soon after the complainant returned to her car and drove out of the parking lot of the post office, the appellant’s hand came over the seat and grabbed the complainant’s face. The complainant struggled…